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English Dictionary: sea bass by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sea bass
n
  1. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
    Synonym(s): sea bass, bass
  2. any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large marine food fish ({Serranus, [or] Centropristis,
            atrarius}) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the
            United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and
            more or less varied with small white spots and blotches.
            Called also, locally, {blue bass}, {black sea bass},
            {blackfish}, {bluefish}, and {black perch}.
      (b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called
            also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
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