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Chilean sea bass

[ chil-ey-uhn see bas ]

noun

  1. a ray-finned fish, Dissostichus eleginoides, inhabiting the Southern Ocean and the southern waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans: a valuable food fish.


Chilean sea bass

noun

  1. another name for Patagonian toothfish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chilean sea bass1

First recorded in 1980–85

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