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crap⋅pie

[krap-ee]
–noun, plural -pies, (especially collectively) -pie.
either of two small sunfishes of central U.S. rivers, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie).
Also, croppie.


Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; < CanF crapet
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crap·pie   (krŏp'ē)   
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.]
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