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
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
