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black sea bass

black sea bass

1 4.3
A dark fish with stripes that lives along the Atlantic coast and that people eat and catch for sport
  • noun
  • /blæk si bæs/
  • US
translation icon : lubina negra
  • The chef prepared a delicious grilled black sea bass seasoned with herbs and lemon.

Examples

  • Many restaurants offer black sea bass as a popular choice for seafood lovers.

  • Because black sea bass is now harder to find in their state waters, North Carolina fishermen must steam north for 10 hours to where the fish are abundant to even approach the state's allocation.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Bugley and Shepherd (1991) estimated capture and release mortality to black sea bass, Centropristis striata, by holding captured fish in wire cages on site for 48 hours; mortality was 4.7%.

    Academic text (1998)

  • On our fishing trip, we caught a hefty black sea bass that made for a great dinner.

Synonyms

Centropistes striata
vsblack sea bass
  • Specialized
9.9

A sea bass with dark blue stripes found on the United States Atlantic coast

notes human value as food and game rather than just appearance and habitat

Surface Forms

black sea bass singular
black sea basses plural

Morphology

black + sea + bass

The phrase denotes a sea bass that is black (a fish described by its color and habitat), so its meaning is directly compositional from 'black' + 'sea' + 'bass'. This descriptive compound follows regular noun-modifier patterns found in many languages, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Black sea bass: The name black sea bass comes from a simple picture: a dark fish that lives in the sea and is a type of bass. So the name refers to this striped fish found near the shore that people catch for 'food' and 'sport'.