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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A species of freshwater bass, Micropterus dolomieu, native to central North America but widely introduced throughout Canada and the United States as a game fish.
2. 2
   a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

smallmouth bassmicropterus dolomieusmallmouth black basssmallmouthed basssmallmouthed black bass

Etymology

From small + mouth.

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