English > black bass: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family). |
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| Member of | Micropterus, genus Micropterus | American freshwater black basses |
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| Narrower | Kentucky black bass, spotted black bass, Micropterus pseudoplites | A variety of black bass |
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| largemouth, largemouth bass, largemouthed bass, largemouth black bass, largemouthed black bass, Micropterus salmoides | A large black bass |
| smallmouth, smallmouth bass, smallmouthed bass, smallmouth black bass, smallmouthed black bass, Micropterus dolomieu | A variety of black bass |
| Broader | sunfish, centrarchid | small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster |
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