sac-a-lait

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See also: sac-à-lait and sacalait

English

A sac-a-lait (white crappie)
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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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Noun

sac-a-lait (plural sac-a-lait)

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