striped bass
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈstraɪpt bæss/
- US
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lubina rayada
- In the summer, anglers flock to the coast to fish for striped bass due to their popularity.
- hybrid striped bass
- Atlantic striped bass
- striped bass population
Examples
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An estimated 70 to 90 percent of the Atlantic striped bass (known locally as "rockfish") spawn in the bay.
Academic text (2005) -
Demand for the farm-raised hybrid species resulted from diminished supplies of wild-caught striped bass.
Academic text (2004) -
I just caught a striped bass right here off this wall.
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We're going to go fishing for striped bass with a duck.
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Commercial landings of striped bass have declined continuously since 1973, with a fall of 92 percent since 1982.
Academic text (1993) -
When the ecological balance is restored, native species such as Atlantic salmon, striped bass, and eels can be reintroduced to bay tributaries.
Academic text (1990) -
Yesterday, I proudly displayed my catch, a large striped bass, to my friends at the lake.
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After a long day of fishing, we grilled the fresh striped bass we caught for dinner.
Synonyms
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2.7
A fish often eaten or caught for sport
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8.6
A fish with dark horizontal bands along its body, often found on the Atlantic coast
A large sea fish with dark stripes that swims upriver to lay eggs and is caught for food and sport
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a large North American fish with dark horizontal stripes' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'striped' (having stripes) with 'bass' (a fish). This simple adjective + noun descriptive pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Striped bass comes from a simple image: it is 'a fish with dark lines across its body', a kind of bass whose sides show clear stripes. So the name says how the fish looks and that is why people still call it striped bass today.