crappie
[ krap-ee ]
/ ˈkræp i /
noun, plural crap·pies, (especially collectively) crap·pie.
either of two small sunfishes of central U.S. rivers, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie).
Also
croppie.
Origin of crappie
1855–60,
Americanism; < Canadian French
crapet
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crapper,
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crapshoot,
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crapulence
British Dictionary definitions for crappie
crappie
/ (ˈkræpɪ) /
noun
either of two North American freshwater percoid food and game fishes, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
Word Origin for crappie
C19: from Canadian French
crapet