English Explanatory Dictionary

sac-a-lait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white crappie (Pomoxis annularis).

Word forms

sac-a-lait sacalait

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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