Lexic.us

Definition of Cisco

1. Noun. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.

2. Noun. Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America.

Definition of Cisco

1. n. The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

Definition of Cisco

1. Noun. Any North American freshwater fish of the genus ''Coregonus'' that live in cold water lakes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cisco

1. a freshwater fish [n -COS or -COES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cisco

cis-prenyl transferase cis-toluene dihydrodiol dehydrogenase cis-trans-isomerases cis-trans isomer cis-trans isomerism cisA recombinase cis acting cis activation cis configuration cis dominance

cis trans test cisacting cisalpine cisapride cisatracurium cisco (current term) ciscoes ciscos ciseleur ciseleurs

ciselure ciselures cisgendered cisgenesis cisgenic cislocative cislunar cisman cismarine

Literary usage of Cisco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"App.) 85 SW 1052], the court, for the reason given by it in that case, reversed the trial court and rendered judgment in favor of the cisco Oil Mill. ..."

2. Youth & Alcohol: A National Survey, Drinking Habits, Access, Attitudes by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Even after discovering that cisco contained 20 percent alcohol, more than 25 percent of the students believed that beer and/or malt liquor contained more ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE cisco (Argyrosomus artedi sisco) The cisco, or so-called "lake-herring," was first described by the French ichthyologist, Le Sueur, in 1818, ..."

4. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America: From the by United States Dept. of State (1837)
"Extract of a letter from Don Joseph de Galvez, Minister of his Catholic Majesty for the Department of the Indies, to Don Fran cisco Rendon, dated Aranjuez, ..."

5. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE cisco (Argyrosomus artedi ... The cisco, or so-called "lake-herring," was first described by the French ichthyologist, Le Sueur, in 1818, from Lake Erie ..."

6. Outing (1893)
"N'cisco BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL, 1892-3. the other, each invariably "passing" the ball before or on being "tackled." Sime was a wonderful runner, doing TOO yards ..."

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