- black crappie
- noun Date: circa 1827 a silvery black-mottled sunfish (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) of eastern and central North America having seven or eight protruding spines on the dorsal fins
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
black crappie
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black crappie — ☆ black crappie n. a dark, spotted crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) * * * … Universalium
black crappie — ☆ black crappie n. a dark, spotted crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) … English World dictionary
black crappie — noun a crappie that is black • Syn: ↑Pomoxis nigromaculatus • Hypernyms: ↑crappie * * * noun : a common sunfish (Pomoxis nigro maculatus) that is black mottled on a silvery ground, widely distributed throughout the Mississippi drainage and much… … Useful english dictionary
black crappie — juodadėmė krapė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Pomoxis nigromaculatus angl. black crappie; strawberry bass rus. чёрный краппи ryšiai: platesnis terminas – krapės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
black crappie — black′ crap′pie n. ich See under crappie • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
black crappie. — See under crappie. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
black crappie. — See under crappie. [1925 30] … Useful english dictionary
crappie — ☆ crappie [krap′ē ] n. pl. crappies or crappie [< ?] any of a genus (Pomoxis) of small North American sunfishes found in sluggish streams and ponds throughout E and central U.S.; specif., the black crappie or white crappie … English World dictionary
Crappie — Calico Bass redirects here. For the marine fish, see Kelp Bass. Pomoxis Black (top) white crappie (P. nigromaculatus P. annularis) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
crappie — /krap ee/, n., pl. crappies, (esp. collectively) crappie. either of two small sunfishes of central U.S. rivers, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie). Also, croppie. [1855 60, Amer.; < CanF crapet] * * * Either of … Universalium
