white sea bass

[ bas ]

noun

1. a large weakfish, Atractoscion nobilis, occurring along the Pacific coast of North America and popular as a sport and food fish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white sea bass¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Rock fish, cod, or as Najmieh suggests, white sea bass or sea bass are the closest in taste and texture to this kind of fish.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

One Austrian round-haul netter took seven tons of white sea-bass in one haul.

From Project Gutenberg

He made a very creditable record, getting a thirty-pound yellow-tail and several good-sized white sea-bass and bonito.

From Project Gutenberg

What becomes of these seven tons of white sea-bass and all the other tons and tons of yellowtail and albacore?

From Project Gutenberg