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| cis·co [ sískō ] (plural cis·coes or cis·cos) |
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N American fish: a silvery freshwater whitefish found in deep lakes. Native to: North America. Genus Coregonus.
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| [Mid-19th century. Back-formation < Canadian French ciscoette, alteration (influenced by -ette "small") of Ojibwa bemidewiskawed "that which has oily skin"] |
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