striped bass

Questions about striped bass

What does striped bass mean?

striped bass means "caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for striped bass?

Close synonyms include striper, striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is striped bass a common word?

striped bass is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.