white bass
[bas]
- 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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Origin of white bass
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Also called silver bass.
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The yellow-bass might be called a cousin of the white-bass, though it belongs to a different genus.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and OthersJames Alexander Henshall
Only two species of the family inhabit fresh water,—the white-bass and the yellow-bass.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and OthersJames Alexander Henshall
It is partial to the same character of food as the white-bass, small minnows constituting the greater part.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and OthersJames Alexander Henshall