rock bass

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bæs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bas)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rock′ bass′  (bas),USA pronunciation 
  1. Fisha game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
  2. FishSee striped bass. 
  • 1805–15, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rock bass / bæs/
  1. a North American freshwater percoid fish, Ambloplites rupestris: an important food fish; family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
'rock bass' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bass - goggle-eye - red-eye

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