striper (n.)

  1. a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service; he's a four-striper'

  2. caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

    [ Syn: striped bass ]

  3. marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

    [ Syn: striped bass , roccus saxatilis , rockfish ]

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