wiper

noun

Etymology: From white (bass) and striper.

1. A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.

   “As is the customary method for catching wipers at Keith Sebelius Reservoir, the trio was trolling with crank baits.”

   “M. saxatilis X M. chrysops hybrids (wipers) are difficult to distinguish, showing intermediacy from parental types in basihyal tooth formation”