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cis⋅co

[sis-koh]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -co, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -coes, -cos.
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; < CanF, back formation from ciscoette, ciscaouette < Ojibwa; see siscowet
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cis·co   (sĭs'kō)   
n.   pl. cis·coes or cis·cos
Any of several North American freshwater fishes of the genus Coregonus or Leucichthys, related to and resembling the whitefish.

[From Canadian French ciscoette, from Ojibwa bemidewiskawed, the (fish) with oily skin.]
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