smallmouthed black bass
- noun
- /ˈsmɔːlˌmaʊθt blæk bæs/
- Specialized
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lubina de boca pequeña
- We caught a large smallmouthed black bass near the rocky shoreline yesterday morning.
Examples
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Unlike the largemouth, the smallmouthed black bass prefers cooler, clearer waters with plenty of cover.
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The smallmouthed black bass is popular among anglers for its fighting spirit and agility.
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I caught a smallmouthed black bass yesterday.
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The smallmouthed black bass is known for its fighting ability.
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The smallmouthed black bass is popular among anglers for its fighting spirit and agility.
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We caught a large smallmouthed black bass near the rocky shoreline yesterday morning.
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Unlike the largemouth, the smallmouthed black bass prefers cooler, clearer waters with plenty of cover.
Synonyms
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7.7
A freshwater bass fish with a small mouth found in North American lakes and rivers
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5.4
A freshwater fish from North America with a small mouth popular with people who fish
A freshwater fish called smallmouth bass that lives in North American lakes and rivers
A North American freshwater fish with a small mouth often caught for sport
A freshwater fish with a small mouth often caught by people who fish
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'smallmouthed' (having a small mouth), 'black' (color), and 'bass' (a fish) combine to denote a species of bass with a relatively small mouth and dark coloration. This modifier + noun structure is a regular, cross-linguistic descriptive pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Smallmouthed black bass is a literal name: the fish's smallmouthed means its lower jaw stays below the eye, black describes its darker body, and bass shows its family. So the name helps people who fish tell this type of bass from others and remember its key features.