black crappie


black crappie

noun

Definition of BLACK CRAPPIE

: a silvery black-mottled sunfish (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) of eastern and central North America having seven or eight protruding spines on the dorsal fins

First Known Use of BLACK CRAPPIE

circa 1827

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