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Definition of crappie in English: crappienounPlural crappies ˈkrapiˈkrapē A North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family, the male of which builds a nest and guards the eggs and young. Genus Pomoxis, family Centrarchidae: several species, including the white crappie (P. annularis) Example sentencesExamples - It is during schooling when the male crappie sweeps out the nests and attracts the female.
- Black bass and crappie are making determined pushes into the shallows of lakes and ponds across southeast Texas.
- The lake is well stocked with trout, large and small mouth bass, blue gill, crappie, and catfish.
- The typical crappie has a large mouth with thin jaw tissue and tends to be a soft, even tentative striker.
- The water is filled with different types of bass, crappie, catfish, and more; many of the species breed naturally and do not even need to be stocked.
Origin Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes flappy, gappy, happi, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, slap-happy, snappy, strappy, tapis, yappy, zappy Definition of crappie in US English: crappienounˈkrapē A North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family, the male of which builds a nest and guards the eggs and young. Genus Pomoxis, family Centrarchidae: several species, including theblack crappie (P. nigromaculatus) and thewhite crappie (P. annularis) Example sentencesExamples - The lake is well stocked with trout, large and small mouth bass, blue gill, crappie, and catfish.
- The water is filled with different types of bass, crappie, catfish, and more; many of the species breed naturally and do not even need to be stocked.
- Black bass and crappie are making determined pushes into the shallows of lakes and ponds across southeast Texas.
- The typical crappie has a large mouth with thin jaw tissue and tends to be a soft, even tentative striker.
- It is during schooling when the male crappie sweeps out the nests and attracts the female.
Origin Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. |