cisco

Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪskəʊ/

Etymology

From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).

Synonyms

lake herring

whitefish

Coregonus artedi

Baltic whitefish

Translations

κορηγώνιος

Renke

marena

Coregonus artedi

agone americano

Coregonus

Leucichthys artedi

sieja

brzona

głąbiel

sieja pospolita

tímalo

Felchen

timo

Maräne