rock bass
1Rock bass — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …
2rock 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 …
3rock bass — ☆ rock bass n. a freshwater game sunfish (Ambloplites rupestris) of E North America …
4Rock 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 =… …
5rock bass — noun 1. game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes • Syn: ↑rock sunfish, ↑Ambloplites rupestris • Hypernyms: ↑sunfish, ↑centrarchid • Member Holonyms: ↑Ambloplites, ↑ …
6rock 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 …
7rock bass — Cabrilla Ca*bril la, n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo[ o]l) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus {Serranus}, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also… …
8rock 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.] * * * …
9rock bass — noun Date: 1811 a brown spotted sunfish (Ambloplites rupestris) found especially in the upper Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes region …
10rock bass — noun a red eyed North American sunfish of rocky streams. [Ambloplites rupestris.] …