cisco

cisco
/sis"koh/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) cisco, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) ciscoes, ciscos.
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
[1840-50, Amer.; < CanF, back formation from ciscoette, ciscaouette < Ojibwa; see SISCOWET]

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also called  Lake Herring,  

      herringlike type of whitefish (q.v.).

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