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Small sunfishes of central United States rivers
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crappie
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers small sunfishes of central United States rivers
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crappie \Crap"pie\ (kr?p"p?), n. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys , found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie .]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus (taxlink Pomoxis genus noshow=1). Both are silvery-white with black speckles, and prized as gamefish.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of freshwater fish, 1856, American English, of unknown origin; perhaps from Canadian French dialectal crappé .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The crappies ( or ) are a genus , Pomoxis , of North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae . Both species in this genus are popular game fish .
Usage examples of crappie.
By Friday there would be fifteen or twenty fish in the barrel, from small bluegills to a few crappie to a bunch of bass and catfish.
With red worms as bait, I fished the shallow backwaters around a sandbar for bream and crappie, two small species that were plentiful and easy to catch.
There were now bullheads, crappies, redeyes, bluegills, and carp in the canal.
Your creek'll be plumb full of bass and crappies, and I'll come over to catch a string and prove it to you.
Abby went with him occasionally, watching him land big bass and crappie, rainbow trout and channel catfish.