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striped bass

noun

Definition of STRIPED BASS

:  a large anadromous silvery food and sport fish (Morone saxatilis of the family Percichthyidae) with black horizontal stripes on the sides that occurs along the Atlantic coast of the United States and has been introduced into inland waters (as lakes and reservoirs) and along the Pacific coast —called also rockfish
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First Known Use of STRIPED BASS

1818

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