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Noun: striped bass  strIpt bas
  1. Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
    "Striped bass fishing is popular along the Atlantic coast";
    - striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish
     
  2. Caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
    "We enjoyed grilled striped bass at the seafood festival";
    - striper

Derived forms: striped basses

Type of: bass[2], sea bass

Part of: genus Roccus, Roccus

Encyclopedia: Striped bass