Sac-a-lait

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A white crappie (Pomoxis annularis). Louisiana

Etymology

From Louisiana French sac-à-lait (literally “bag of milk”), a folk etymology reinterpretation of Choctaw sakli (“trout”), ultimately from Proto-Muskogean *¢akliCo (“trout”).

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