crappie

crap·pie

C0726800 (krŏp′ē)n. pl. crap·pies Either of two edible North American sunfishes, the black crappie or the white crappie. Also called speckled perch.

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[Canadian French crapet.]

crappie

(ˈkræpɪ) n (Animals) either of two North American freshwater percoid food and game fishes, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)[C19: from Canadian French crapet]

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	1.	crappie - small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States riverscrappie - small sunfishes of central United States riverssunfish - the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
	2.	crappie - small sunfishes of central United States riverscentrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseedgenus Pomoxis, Pomoxis - crappiesblack crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus - a crappie that is blackPomoxis annularis, white crappie - a crappie that is whitecrappie - small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers