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rock bass

[ bas ]

noun

  1. a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.


rock bass

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noun

  1. a North American freshwater percoid fish, Ambloplites rupestris : an important food fish; family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
  2. any similar or related fish
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Origin of rock bass1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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I picture the rock bass darting through the sunbeams in the water and hear the cicadas humming in the trees.

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Under the water are largemouth bass, as well as sunfish, rock bass and yellow perch.

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They included those of smallmouth and rock bass.

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Along with channel catfish, the lake is stocked with rainbow trout, rock bass, bass carp, brown trout and brown bullhead.

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The fish were added to Deerfield Reservoir in 2015 to deal with an overabundance of rock bass, a smaller predatory fish, the Rapid City Journal reported .

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