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sea bass ‎(plural sea bass or sea basses)

1. Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, many in family Serranidae.

Usage notes

• When the referent is multiple fish considered as individual specimina, the usual plural is the invariant sea bass, whereas sea basses predominates for plural senses referring to fishes of multiple species or to the entire category of sea basses collectively.

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