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Cisco

/ˈsɪskəʊ/

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

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noun

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

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Word	Definition
coregonus artedi	Coregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae.
lake herringnoun	cold-water fish caught in lake superior and northward

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Word	Definition
coregonus artedi	Coregonus artedi, commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae.
lake herringnoun	cold-water fish caught in lake superior and northward
whitefishnoun	Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
herringnoun	A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
sikenoun	(Scotland, Northumbria) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.
chevaliernoun	(historical) cavalier; knight
releasenoun	(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
apsnoun	(US) Initialism of Adult Protective Services (“social services provided to abused, neglected, or exploited older adults and adults with significant disabilities”).
cefnoun	(military, Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force of WWI
routernoun	(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.
sisconoun	A surname.
routersnoun	(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.
coregoninenoun	Any fish of the genus Coregonus.
coregonidnoun	Any freshwater whitefish of the former family Coregonidae (now Salmonidae)
corynoun	A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
common whitefishnoun	A freshwater fish of salmon family, Coregonus lavaretus.
pollannoun	A freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring
corydorasnoun	Any of the genus Corydoras of small freshwater tropical catfish often kept in aquariums.
houtingnoun	Coregonus oxyrinchus, an allegedly extinct European whitefish in the Salmonidae family.
weakfishnoun	Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters.