cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi
(noun) important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cisco (plural ciscos or ciscoes)
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc, a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.
Source: Wiktionary
Cis"co, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
