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siscowet|ˈsɪskəʊɛt|
Also ciscoette, ciscovet, siskawitz, -iwit, -owet, etc.
[Odjibwa, meaning literally ‘cooks itself’ (Goode).]
A variety of the great Lake trout of N. America, found in Lake Superior.
1847C. Lanman Summer in Wildern. 159 A fish called ciscovet, is unquestionably of the trout genus, but much more delicious. Ibid. 161 The white-fish, ciscovet, and lake trout. 1849H. W. Herbert Fish & Fishing 145 The Siskawitz is rather shorter and stouter than the Mackinaw fish. 1854C. Lanman Adv. Wilds N. Amer. xxxiv. 253 We cannot leave Mackinaw without making a passing allusion to the fish whose Indian name is ciscovet. It is a handsome fish, unquestionably of the trout family. 1884Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 496 The Siscowet, Salvelinus Namaycush. 1888― Amer. Fishes 468 The amateur is likely to confound the Namaycush with the Siscowet. 1902Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 243 Ciscoette. A name of the lake herring. Apparently a derivative, with French diminutive suffix, from Cisco (q.v.), but rather a corruption of Siskowit.
attrib.1882Jordan & Gilbert Syn. Fishes N. Amer. 318 Siscowet Salmon..is probably a local variety rather than a distinct species. |