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cisco

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈsɪskəʊ//

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

noun

  1. 1

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

Etymology

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

Forms

plural
ciscos, ciscoes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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