ciscon.
/ˈsɪskəʊ/, U.S. /ˈsɪskoʊ/ The popular name of several species of North American whitefish belonging to the genus Leucichthys, esp. L. artedi.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Coregonus (whitefish) > member of subgenus leucichthys (cisco)
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1848 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms
1872 Fur, Fin & Feather 200 Ciscoes are caught mostly on shore, although many take them..from boats.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VI. 11 Herring are found all along the coast; and in the lakes there is a similar fish known as the siscoe.
1884 D. S. Jordan in Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 541 The Moon-eye or ‘Cisco’ of Lake Michigan..is the smallest of our white-fish, rarely weighing over half a pound.
1903 N.Y. Sun 1 Nov. In the same warehouse are trout, ciscoes, bluefish, weakfish, porgies, and so on.
1965 A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 188/1 All ciscoes are coldwater fishes, occurring from New England through the Great Lakes into Canada.
Compounds
General attributive.
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1872 in Fur, Fin & Feather 200 Cisco fishing at Geneva Lake, Wis.
1872 in Fur, Fin & Feather 200 Their coming is heralded by the Cisco-fly.
Derivatives
ciscoist n. a person who fishes for cisco.
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1872 Fur, Fin & Feather 200 The lucky ciscoist is he (or she) who brings to this classic shore a sixteen-foot rod.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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