1.
[syn: black sea bass, black bass, Centropistes striata]
2. widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Black bass \Black" bass`\ (Zool.)
1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the
genus Micropterus. The small-mouthed kind is
Micropterus dolomie[imac]; the large-mouthed is
Micropterus salmoides.
[1913 Webster]
2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick
fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.
F. chabot chub.] (Zool.)
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] or Carp
family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus;
the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes
of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius,
Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different
fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Chub mackerel (Zool.), a species of mackerel (Scomber
colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic
coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull
mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.
Chub sucker (Zool.), a fresh-water fish of the United
States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
black bass
n 1: bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the
United States [syn: black sea bass, black bass,
Centropistes striata]
2: widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game
fishes (sunfish family)