black bass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
    Centropistes striata; black sea bass.
  2. noun widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)

WordNet

Black" bass`
Definitions
(Zoöl.)
  1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides.
  2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.

Webster 1913