largemouth bass

largemouth bass
/lahrj"mowth' bas"/
a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Cf. smallmouth bass. See illus. under bass.
Also, large-mouth bass.
[1875-80, Amer.; LARGE + MOUTH]

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