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CISCO (ciscoes)

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Irregular inflected form: ciscoes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cisco mean? 

CISCO (noun)
  The noun CISCO has 2 senses:

1. cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northwardplay

2. important food fish of cold deep lakes of North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CISCO used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CISCO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cisco; lake herring

Hypernyms ("cisco" is a kind of...):

whitefish (flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("cisco" is a part of...):

cisco; Coregonus artedi; lake herring (important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cisco; Coregonus artedi; lake herring

Hypernyms ("cisco" is a kind of...):

whitefish (silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)

Meronyms (parts of "cisco"):

cisco; lake herring (cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward)

Holonyms ("cisco" is a member of...):

Coregonus; genus Coregonus (type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes)


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