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”).