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Sea bass

A large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.

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Black bass 76% connected

An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides.

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Grouper 76% connected

One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), a…

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Rockfish 76% connected

Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important o…

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Wreckfish 76% connected

A stone bass.

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Atlantic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on…

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Batfish noun · 78% connection

A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (C…

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Blackfish noun · 78% connection

The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry.

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Bluefish noun · 78% connection

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…

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Bonito noun · 78% connection

The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chil…

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Bur fish unknown · 78% connection

A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…

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Butterfish noun · 78% connection

A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlanti…

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Cabrilla noun · 78% connection

A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast…

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Cero noun · 78% connection

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less common…

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Chart noun · 78% connection

A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which…

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

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Flasher noun · 78% connection

A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).

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Halibut noun · 78% connection

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

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Holibut noun · 78% connection

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

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Horseshoe crab noun · 78% connection

large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff poin…

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King crab noun · 78% connection

large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff poin…

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Kingfish noun · 78% connection

An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also…

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Limulus polyphemus noun · 78% connection

large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff poin…

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