largemouth bass

noun

A black bass of species Micropterus salmoides, found from northeastern Mexico to southeastern Canada.

Similar
American black bassbrown basswidemouth bassbigmouth bassblack bassbucketmouthPotter's fishFlorida bass

Meanings

nounlargemouth bass (plural largemouth bass or largemouth basses)

plural largemouth basses

  1. A black bass of species Micropterus salmoides, found from northeastern Mexico to southeastern Canada.

    Synonyms: American black bass, brown bass, widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, bucketmouth, Potter's fish, Florida bass

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA black bass of species Micropterus salmoides, found from northeastern Mexico to southeastern Canada.

Similar
American black bassbrown basswidemouth bassbigmouth bassblack bassbucketmouthPotter's fishFlorida bassFlorida largemouthgreen bassgreen troutgilsdorf basslinesidesmossbackOswego basssouthern largemouthnorthern largemouth

More synonyms by meaning

nouna large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye

Similar
largemouthlargemouthed basslargemouth black basslargemouthed black bassMicropterus salmoides
Broader
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan perca americana
  • perca americanafish
German Forellenbarsch
  • Forellenbarschfish
Korean 큰입우럭
  • 큰입우럭 (keunibureok)fish
Polish bass wielkogębowy, okoniopstrąg
  • bass wielkogębowyfish
  • okoniopstrągfish
Russian большеро́тый о́кунь, форелео́кунь
  • большеро́тый о́кунь (bolʹšerótyj ókunʹ)fish
  • форелео́кунь (foreleókunʹ)fish
Cite this entry
APA

largemouth bass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/largemouth%20bass

MLA

“largemouth bass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/largemouth%20bass. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “largemouth bass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/largemouth%20bass.

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