rock bass — noun 1. game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes • Syn: ↑rock sunfish, ↑Ambloplites rupestris • Hypernyms: ↑sunfish, ↑centrarchid • Member Holonyms: ↑Ambloplites, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rock bass — rock′ bass [[t]bæs[/t]] n. 1) ich a sunfish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the Mississippi basin 2) ich striped bass • Etymology: 1805–15, amer … From formal English to slang
rock bass — ☆ rock bass n. a freshwater game sunfish (Ambloplites rupestris) of E North America … English World dictionary
sunfish — /sun fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sunfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sunfishes. 1. the ocean sunfish, Mola mola. 2. any of various other fishes of the family Molidae. 3. any of several small, brightly colored, spiny… … Universalium
Sunfish Holy Breakfast — Infobox Album | Name = Sunfish Holy Breakfast Type = EP Artist = Guided by Voices Released = 19 November 1996 Genre = Rock and roll, indie rock Length = 22:48 Label = Matador Reviews = Chronology = Guided by Voices EP Last album = Tigerbomb… … Wikipedia
Rock bass — Taxobox name = rock bass status = secure image width = 250px image caption = rock bass regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Centrarchidae genus = Ambloplites species = A. rupestris binomial =… … Wikipedia
rock bass — /ˈrɒk bæs/ (say rok bas) noun (plural rock bass or rock basses) an eastern North American freshwater food fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae. Usage: For variation in the plural inflection, see note at fish1 …
rock bass — noun Date: 1811 a brown spotted sunfish (Ambloplites rupestris) found especially in the upper Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes region … New Collegiate Dictionary
rock bass — /bas/ 1. a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S. 2. See striped bass. [1805 15, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
rock bass — noun a red eyed North American sunfish of rocky streams. [Ambloplites rupestris.] … English new terms dictionary