white bass

[ bas ]

/ bæs /

noun

an edible freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage, silvery with yellow below and having the sides streaked with blackish lines.

Also called silver bass.

Origin of white bass

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby white bass

white as a sheet, white ash, White Australia policy, white bacon, whitebait, white bass, whitebeam, white bear, whitebeard, White Bear Lake, white belt

Example sentences from the Web for white bass

It is partial to the same character of food as the white-bass, small minnows constituting the greater part.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others|James Alexander Henshall
The yellow-bass might be called a cousin of the white-bass, though it belongs to a different genus.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others|James Alexander Henshall
Only two species of the family inhabit fresh water,—the white-bass and the yellow-bass.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others|James Alexander Henshall

单词	white bass
释义	white bass [ bas ] / bæs / noun an edible freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage, silvery with yellow below and having the sides streaked with blackish lines. Also called silver bass. Origin of white bass An Americanism dating back to 1805–15 Words nearby white bass white as a sheet, white ash, White Australia policy, white bacon, whitebait, white bass, whitebeam, white bear, whitebeard, White Bear Lake, white belt Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for white bass It is partial to the same character of food as the white-bass, small minnows constituting the greater part. Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others\|James Alexander Henshall The yellow-bass might be called a cousin of the white-bass, though it belongs to a different genus. Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others\|James Alexander Henshall Only two species of the family inhabit fresh water,—the white-bass and the yellow-bass. Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others\|James Alexander Henshall
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