Chilean sea bass

noun

: patagonian toothfish

also : antarctic toothfish

In the early 1990s, the mysterious Chilean sea bass, the market name for two little-studied species of Patagonian toothfish and Antarctic toothfish, became the darling of both chefs and diners for its unctuous flesh, which was almost impossible to overcook.

—Caroline Bates

Examples of Chilean sea bass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This American restaurant provides its guests with cuisine from Chilean sea bass, seafood pasta and crab cakes. —Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated February 11, Sacbee.com, 11 Feb. 2026

The Oar House in Rockwall Menu: Four-course prix-fixe menu for $99.95, with choices such as blue crab cake over crispy polenta, Manhattan clam chowder and broiled Chilean sea bass with roasted eggplant risotto. —Anna Butler, Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan. 2026

The menu featured entrées of roasted Amish chicken, braised short rib, Chilean sea bass and eggplant roulade. —Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026

The menu includes dishes like a Thai spicy beef with basil, a Chilean sea bass served with Thai green curry and a lobster macadamia nut sushi roll, as well as dumplings, pho and spicy noodles. —Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Chilean sea bass

• bermudagrass
• alas
• amass
• bromegrass
• bypass
• chagas
• crabgrass
• crevasse
• eelgrass
• eyeglass
• groundmass
• harass