sea bass

or sea·bass

[ see-bas ]

noun
  1. any of numerous marine fishes of the family Serranidae, such as the black sea bass.

  2. a common name for any of numerous marine food fishes of various families, such as the Chilean sea bass and the white sea bass.

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Origin of sea bass

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1755–65

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How to use sea bass in a sentence

  • Those seven tons of splendid white sea-bass went into the fertilizer-plant, where many and many a ton had gone before!

    Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
  • One Austrian round-haul netter took seven tons of white sea-bass in one haul.

    Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
  • This huge black sea bass seems to have a very restricted range, for it is only known from the Coronado Islands to the Farallones.

British Dictionary definitions for sea bass

sea bass

/ (bæs) /


noun
  1. any of various American coastal percoid fishes of the genus Centropristes and related genera, such as C. striatus (black sea bass), having an elongated body with a long spiny dorsal fin almost divided into two: family Serranidae

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