striped bass

noun

A popular fish among sport fisherman along Atlantic coast north of Virginia to Canada, Morone saxatilis.

Similar
Atlantic striped bassstriperlinesiderrockpimpfishrockfishgreenheadsquid-hound

Meanings

nounstriped bass (countable and uncountable, plural striped bass)
  1. countableuncountableA popular fish among sport fisherman along Atlantic coast north of Virginia to Canada, Morone saxatilis.

    Synonyms: Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, pimpfish, rockfish, greenhead, squid-hound

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA popular fish among sport fisherman along Atlantic coast north of Virginia to Canada, Morone saxatilis.

Similar
Atlantic striped bassstriperlinesiderrockpimpfishrockfishgreenheadsquid-hound

More synonyms by meaning

nouncaught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Similar

nounmarine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

Similar
striperRoccus saxatilisrockfish
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan llobarro atlàntic ratllat
  • llobarro atlàntic ratllatMorone saxatilis
Chinese Mandarin 銀花鱸魚 /银花鲈鱼
  • 銀花鱸魚 /银花鲈鱼 (yínhuālúyú)Morone saxatilis
Finnish juovabassi
  • juovabassiMorone saxatilis
German Felsenbarsch
  • FelsenbarschMorone saxatilis
Korean 줄농어
  • 줄농어 (jullong'eo)Morone saxatilis
Portuguese robalo-muge
  • robalo-mugeMorone saxatilis
Russian полоса́тый лавра́к, полоса́тый о́кунь
  • полоса́тый лавра́к (polosátyj lavrák)Morone saxatilis
  • полоса́тый о́кунь (polosátyj ókunʹ)Morone saxatilis
Ukrainian окунь смугастий
  • окунь смугастий (okunʹ smuhastyj)Morone saxatilis
Cite this entry
APA

striped bass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striped%20bass

MLA

“striped bass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striped%20bass. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “striped bass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striped%20bass.

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