rock bass

(băs)

A freshwater food and game fish (Ambloplites rupestris) of eastern and central North America, chiefly found in streams and rivers with rocky bottoms.

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rock bass

(bæs)

1. (Animals) a North American freshwater percoid fish, Ambloplites rupestris: an important food fish; family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)

2. (Animals) any similar or related fish

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rock′ bass`

(bæs)
n.

1. a sunfish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the Mississippi basin.

2. striped bass.

[1805–15, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	rock bass - a kind of sea bass Centropristis philadelphica, rock sea bass 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 Centropristis, genus Centropristis - sea basses
	2.	rock bass - game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Ambloplites rupestris, rock sunfish centrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed Ambloplites, genus Ambloplites - a genus of Centrarchidae

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