BLACK BASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black bass mean? 

• BLACK BASS (noun)
  The noun BLACK BASS has 2 senses:

1. bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States

2. widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)

  Familiarity information: BLACK BASS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK BASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black bass; black sea bass; Centropistes striata

Hypernyms ("black bass" is a kind of...):

sea bass (any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("black bass" is a member of...):

Centropristis; genus Centropristis (sea basses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black bass" is a kind of...):

centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black bass"):

Kentucky black bass; Micropterus pseudoplites; spotted black bass (a variety of black bass)

Micropterus dolomieu; smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; smallmouthed black bass (a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye)

largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; largemouthed black bass; Micropterus salmoides (a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye)

Holonyms ("black bass" is a member of...):

genus Micropterus; Micropterus (American freshwater black basses)