noun
brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
• Syn: ↑wreckfish, ↑Polyprion americanus
• Hypernyms: ↑sea bass
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polyprion, ↑genus Polyprion
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/bas/
wreckfish.
[1690-1700]
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stone bass /bas/ noun
A large marine perch (Polyprion americanus) of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Tasman Sea, reputed to frequent wrecked ships (also called wreck fish)
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Main Entry: ↑stone
Useful english dictionary. 2012.