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
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
