striped bass

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striped bass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Striped \Striped\, a.
     Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
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     Striped bass. (Zool.) See under Bass.
  
     Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree (Acer  Pennsylvanicum
        ) with finely striped bark. Called also
        striped dogwood, and moosewood.
  
     Striped mullet. (Zool.) See under Mullet, 2.
  
     Striped snake (Zool.), the garter snake.
  
     Striped squirrel (Zool.), the chipmunk.
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striped bass - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  striped bass
      n 1: caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn:
           striped bass, striper]
      2: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes;
         migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus
         Morone [syn: striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis,
         rockfish]