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name
Cisco Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lake herring, Coregonus artedi
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Broader terms: whitefish
noun
cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lake herring
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Broader terms: whitefish
History
Derived from San Francisco.
From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
