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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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white crappie  
n.  A silvery, edible North American freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) related to the sunfish.
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