Choupique

//ʃuˈpik// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The bowfin fish, Amia calva Louisiana

    "Them choupiques and ugly alligator gar done wanted to snap his damn hands off when he pulled them in the boat."

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bowfin

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"Them choupiques and ugly alligator gar done wanted to snap his damn hands off when he pulled them in the boat."

Etymology

Borrowed from Louisiana French choupique, from Choctaw shupik (“bowfin, mudfish”).

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