sea bass

UK/ˈsiːbæs/

noun

Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, in several families in order Perciformes

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Meanings

nounsea bass (plural sea bass or sea basses)

plural sea basses

  1. Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, in several families in order Perciformes

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

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bass
Broader
saltwater fish
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basseuropean seabass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

sea (attributive use) + bass (fish)

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Translations

Ancient Greek λάβραξ
  • λάβραξ (lábrax)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Arabic قاروس, قاروص
  • قاروس (qārūs)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • قاروص (qārūṣ)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Bulgarian лаврак
  • лаврак (lavrak)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Catalan llobarro, llobina
  • llobarrosalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • llobinasalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • llop de marsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Chinese Mandarin 海鱸 /海鲈
  • 海鱸 /海鲈 (hǎilú)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Czech mořčák evropský, vlk mořský
  • mořčák evropskýsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • vlk mořskýsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • mořský vlksalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • okoun mořskýsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Danish bars, havbars
  • barssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • havbarssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • almindelig barssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Dutch zeebars, europeze zeebars
  • zeebarssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • europeze zeebarssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Estonian huntahven
  • huntahvensalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Finnish meribassi, meriahven
  • meribassisalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • meriahvensalt-water fish — see also European seabass
French bar, bar commun
  • barsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • bar communsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • bar européensalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • loupsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • loup de mersalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • loubinesalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • perche de mersalt-water fish — see also European seabass
German Seebarsch, Wolfsbarsch
  • Seebarschsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • Wolfsbarschsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Greek λαβράκι
  • λαβράκι (lavráki)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Hebrew לַבְרָק
  • לַבְרָק (lavráq)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Hungarian farkassügér
  • farkassügérsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Irish bas, doingean mara
  • bassalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • doingean marasalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • doingean mara Eorpachsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Italian branzino, spigola
  • branzinosalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • spigolasalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Japanese 鱸, 鮬
  • 鱸 (suzuki)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • 鮬 (seigo)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Korean 농어
  • 농어 (nong'eo)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Latvian labraks, jūrasasaris
  • labrakssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • jūrasasarissalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Lithuanian paprastasis vilkešeris
  • paprastasis vilkešerissalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Norwegian Bokmål havabbor
  • havabborsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Polish labraks, moron
  • labrakssalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • moronsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Portuguese robalo, robalo-legítimo
  • robalosalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • robalo-legítimosalt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • robaletesalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Russian морско́й о́кунь, лаврак
  • морско́й о́кунь (morskój ókunʹ)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • лаврак (lavrak)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
  • обыкновенный лавра́к (obyknovennyj lavrák)salt-water fish — see also European seabass
Spanish lubina
  • lubinasalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Swedish havsabborre
  • havsabborresalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Turkish levrek
  • levreksalt-water fish — see also European seabass
Welsh draenog y môr
  • draenog y môrsalt-water fish — see also European seabass
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