white crappie

white crappie

n. A North American freshwater sunfish (Pomoxis annularis), having a silvery body with dark vertical bars and valued as a food and game fish.

crap•pie

(ˈkræp i)

n., pl. -pies, (esp. collectively) -pie. either of two large sunfishes of the central U.S., Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie). [1855–60, Amer.; < Canadian French crapet]

Thesaurus

Noun

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white crappie - a crappie that is white Pomoxis annulariscrappie - small sunfishes of central United States rivers