crappie

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crappie

/ˈkɹɒpi/
/ˈkɹæpi/

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Borrowed from French crapet (“sunfish”).

noun crappies · crappie · croppie

A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish. If it's crappies you like, they're biting in 45-degree water.

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@misc{crappie_2026,
  title = {crappie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crappie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}