Bāss1, n. sing. & pl.
n. sing. & pl. [A corruption of barse, q. v.] (Ichth.) A fish of the genus Labrax. ☞ One species, called also sea-dace, or sea-wolf (L. lupus), is found on the British coast, and is from twelve to eighteen inches in length, dusky blue on the upper parts of the body, and silvery white below. Another species occurs in the American rivers (L. lineatus), called also striped bass or rock-fish, marked with seven or eight longitudinal black lines on a silver-colored ground. Baird. Sea-bass, a striped fish of the Perch family, found in the American seas (Centropristes nigricans), and growing to the weight of two or three pounds. Storer.