kelp bass
noun
: a mottled sea bass (Paralabrax clathratus) that occurs along the Pacific coast of the U.S. and is an important sport fish
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Hara hardly rested on her laurels before spearing another world-record-breaking kelp bass just one month later.
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Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
The easiest way to sleuth out the life cycle of a parasite is to present it with potential hosts, just as Dykman did with the worms in the kelp bass.
—Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
The easiest way to sleuth out the life cycle of a parasite is to present it with potential hosts, just as Dykman did with the worms in the kelp bass.
—Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
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First Known Use
circa 1936, in the meaning defined above
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“Kelp bass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kelp%20bass. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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