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CISCO (ciscoes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cisco mean?
• CISCO (noun)
The noun CISCO has 2 senses:
1. cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
2. important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
Familiarity information: CISCO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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