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rock bass
[ bas ]
noun
- a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
rock bass
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noun
- a North American freshwater percoid fish, Ambloplites rupestris : an important food fish; family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
- 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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