CRAPPIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crappie mean? 

• CRAPPIE (noun)
  The noun CRAPPIE has 2 senses:

1. small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers

2. small sunfishes of central United States rivers

  Familiarity information: CRAPPIE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAPPIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("crappie" is a kind of...):

sunfish (the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae)

Holonyms ("crappie" is a part of...):

crappie (small sunfishes of central United States rivers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small sunfishes of central United States rivers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("crappie" is a kind of...):

centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

Meronyms (parts of "crappie"):

crappie (small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crappie"):

black crappie; Pomoxis nigromaculatus (a crappie that is black)

Pomoxis annularis; white crappie (a crappie that is white)

Holonyms ("crappie" is a member of...):

genus Pomoxis; Pomoxis (crappies)