crap·pie (kr p  )n. pl. crap·pies Either of two edible North American sunfishes, the black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) or the white crappie (P. annularis). [Canadian French crapet.] |
crappie [ˈkræpɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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.)
[from Canadian French crapet]
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| Noun | 1. |  crappie - small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States riverscrappie - small sunfishes of central United States rivers sunfish - the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae |
| 2. | crappie - small sunfishes of central United States rivers centrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed genus Pomoxis, Pomoxis - crappies black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus - a crappie that is black Pomoxis annularis, white crappie - a crappie that is white crappie - small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers |
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