- shellcracker
- noun Date: circa 1889 redear
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
shellcracker
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shellcracker — /shel krak euhr/, n. See redear sunfish. [1890 95, Amer.; SHELL + CRACKER] * * * … Universalium
shellcracker — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : redear * * * /shel krak euhr/, n. See redear sunfish. [1890 95, Amer.; SHELL + CRACKER] … Useful english dictionary
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redear sunfish — /red ear / a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet. Also called redear shellcracker. [1945 50; RED1 + EAR1] * * * … Universalium
