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Definition of Cisco
1. Noun. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
Exact synonyms: Lake Herring
Group relationships: Coregonus Artedi, Lake Herring
Generic synonyms: Whitefish
Group relationships: Coregonus Artedi, Lake Herring
Generic synonyms: Whitefish
2. Noun. Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America.
Exact synonyms: Coregonus Artedi, Lake Herring
Generic synonyms: Whitefish
Group relationships: Coregonus, Genus Coregonus
Terms within: Lake Herring
Generic synonyms: Whitefish
Group relationships: Coregonus, Genus Coregonus
Terms within: Lake Herring
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. a freshwater fish [n -COS or -COES]