Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.

    сигsig

    important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fish:

Origin

From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).

From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).

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Forms

plural: ciscos / ciscoes
Singularcisco
Pluralciscos / ciscoes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America:lake herringCoregonus artedi
  • cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward:lake herring

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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