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cis·co  (ssk)

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.

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

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cisco [ˈsɪskəʊ]

n pl -coes, -cos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various whitefish, esp Coregonus artedi (also called lake herring), of cold deep lakes of North America

[short for Canadian French ciscoette, from Ojibwa pemitewiskawet fish with oily flesh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cisco - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward lake herring Coregonus artedi, lake herring, cisco - important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America whitefish - flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
	2.	cisco - important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America Coregonus artedi, lake herring whitefish - silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere Coregonus, genus Coregonus - type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes cisco, lake herring - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward