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noun, masculine

sac-à-lait

/sa.ka.lɛ/

noun, masculine/sa.ka.lɛ/plural: sac-à-laits

a white perch (Morone americana); a white or black crappie (Pomoxis spp.)

Literally, "bag of milk", referring to its milky-white skin. A reinterpretation via folk etymology from Choctaw sakli (“trout”). Ultimately from Proto-Muskogean *¢akliCo (“trout”).