black bass

[ bas ]

noun

1. any freshwater American game fish of the genus Micropterus.

black bass

/ bæs /

noun

1. any of several predatory North American percoid freshwater game fishes of the genus Micropterus : family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of black bass¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Halibut, striped bass, and black bass are other good choices.

From The Daily Beast

A whole black bass cooked alla matalotta is delicious—just mind the bones.

From The Daily Beast

Not so large as the black bass, the tunas are strong enough to tow a boat along when running with a hook.

From Project Gutenberg

Once down there in the Cumberlands he had fairly hated her for making him lose a fine black bass.

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However, the largest black bass that the fishermen had ever seen was on my hook in the hazel brush.

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Tackle and Lure—The black bass will take any lure from the artificial fly to the plebeian angleworm.

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One warm, cloudy morning the notion seized me to go up to the ponds and try for black bass.

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