"cisco" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪskəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: ciscos [plural], ciscoes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪskəʊ Etymology: From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|ciscoette||siscowet}} French ciscoette (“siscowet”), {{der|en|oj|siscowet||cooks itself}} Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ciscoes}} cisco (plural ciscos or ciscoes)
  1. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes. Translations (fish): սիգ (sig) (Armenian), рипус (ripus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), сиг (sig) [masculine] (Bulgarian), siika (Finnish), amerikanmuikku (Finnish), κορηγώνιος (korigónios) [masculine] (Greek), сиг (sig) [masculine] (Russian), sik [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cisco-en-noun-Cux4xDJ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Freshwater whitefish, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 62 0 2 7 1 0 1 9 7 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 0 1 9 0 0 1 13 10 0 13 Derived forms: Arctic cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus autumnalis), Bering cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus laurettae), blackfin cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus nigripinnis), deepwater cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus johannae), European cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus lucinensis) (english: Coregonus vandesius), lake cisco, northern cisco, lake herring (taxonomic: Coregonus artedi), least cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus sardinella), longjaw cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus alpenae), sardine cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus sardinella), shortjaw cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus zenithicus), shortnose cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus reighardi), Stechlin cisco (taxonomic: Coregonus fontanae)

Inflected forms

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