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white bass
[ bas ]
/ bæs /
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noun
an edible freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage, silvery with yellow below and having the sides streaked with blackish lines.
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Also called silver bass.
Origin of white bass
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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