lake herring

lake herring
a cisco or whitefish, esp. Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
[1835-45, Amer.]

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also called  Cisco,  

      any of several whitefish (q.v.) species.

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  • lake herring — ☆ lake herring n. a trout (Coregonus artedii) of the Great Lakes …   English World dictionary

  • lake herring — noun 1. cold water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward • Syn: ↑cisco • Hypernyms: ↑whitefish • Part Holonyms: ↑cisco, ↑Coregonus artedi 2. important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America …   Useful english dictionary

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  • lake herring — noun Date: 1842 a cisco (Coregonus artedii) found from the Mississippi River basin, Great Lakes, and St. Lawrence River northward and important as a commercial food fish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Lake — Lake, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[ o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la kkos pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lake dwellers — Lake Lake, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[ o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la kkos pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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