lake herring

lake herring

n.

A silvery cisco (Coregonus artedi) of the Great Lakes and other lakes of Canada and the northern United States. Also called tullibee.

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lake herring

n

1. (Animals) another name for cisco

2. (Animals) another name for powan

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lake herring - cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward cisco 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.	lake herring - important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America Coregonus artedi, cisco 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

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