crappie

English
A black crappie

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Etymology

From French crapet-soleil (“sunfish”)

Noun

crappie (plural crappies or crappie)

  1. A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis. Both are silvery-white with black speckles, and prized as gamefish.
    • 2008, December 18, “Gene Mueller”, in More and more stripers making their way up Bay‎:
      If it's crappies you like, they're biting in 45-degree water.

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