crappie

Etymology

From French crapet-soleil (“sunfish”).

noun

  1. A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis. Both are silvery-white with black speckles, and prized as gamefish.
    If it's crappies you like, they're biting in 45-degree water. December 18 2008, Gene Mueller, “More and more stripers making their way up Bay”, in Washington Times

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