cisco

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪskəʊ

Noun

cisco (plural ciscos or ciscoes)

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

Translations

fish

Armenian: սիգ (hy) (sig) Finnish: siika (fi), amerikanmuikku (fi)

Greek: κορηγώνιος (korigonios) m. Russian: сиг (sig) m.

See also

• cisco (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:cisco (fish)

References

• The Random House Dictionary
• The Great Minnesota Fish Book