smallmouth bass

[smawl-mouth bas]

noun

1. a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus dolomieu, yellowish-green above and lighter below, having the lower jaw extending to the eye.

smallmouth bass

/ ˈsmɔːlˌmaʊθ ˈbæs /

noun

1. a North American freshwater black bass, Micropterus dolomieu, that is a popular game fish

Word History and Origins

Origin of smallmouth bass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Fishing: At Trinity Lake, you can rent a deck boat, pontoon boat or houseboat and try your hand at catching large and smallmouth bass, rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon.

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Other fish in the lake include channel catfish and smallmouth bass.

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It’s the latest tactic in an ongoing struggle to keep non-native smallmouth bass and green sunfish at bay below the Glen Canyon Dam and to protect a threatened native fish, the humpback chub.

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He compared the size of this region in Dunkleosteus to the head proportions of nearly 1,000 other species of fossil and modern fish, ranging in size from smallmouth bass to large sharks.

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The DOH advisory cautions against eating carp, large- and smallmouth bass, cutthroat trout and northern pikeminnow in Lake Washington.

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