CISCO

cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi

(noun) important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cisco (plural ciscos or ciscoes)

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

Etymology

Proper noun

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



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