cisco

[ sis-koh ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) cis·co, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cis·coes, cis·cos.

any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.

Origin of cisco

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; from Canadian French, back formation from ciscoette, ciscaouette from Ojibwe; see siscowet

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British Dictionary definitions for cisco

cisco

/ (ˈsɪskəʊ) /

nounplural -coes or -cos

any of various whitefish, esp Coregonus artedi, of cold deep lakes of North America: Also called: lake herring

Origin of cisco

C19: short for Canadian French ciscoette, from Ojibwa pemitewiskawet fish with oily flesh

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