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Webster 1913 Edition
Black bass
Black′ bassˊ
.(Zool.)
1.
An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus
Micropterus
. The small-mouthed kind is Micropterus dolomieī
; the large-mouthed is Micropterus salmoides
. 2.
The sea bass. See
Blackfish
, 3.