white crappie
noun
See under crappie.
Origin of white crappie
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby white crappie
white clover,
white coal,
white cockatoo,
white corpuscle,
white crab,
white crappie,
white croaker,
white currant,
white damp,
white dwarf,
white elephant
Definition for white crappie (2 of 2)
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
British Dictionary definitions for white 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