sea bass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
    bass.
  2. noun any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin

WordNet

Sea" bass`
Definitions
  1. (). (Zoöl.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, ∨ Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

Webster 1913