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Cisco

Cis′co

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The Lake herring (
Coregonus Artedi
), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to
Coregonus Hoyi
, a related species of Lake Michigan.

Definition 2024


Cisco

Cisco

See also: cisco

English

Proper noun

Cisco

  1. Cisco Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.

cisco

cisco

See also: Cisco

English

Coregonus artedi

Noun

cisco (plural ciscos or ciscoes)

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

Translations

See also

References

  • The Random House Dictionary
  • The Great Minnesota Fish Book

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cinisculum.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsis.ku/, /ˈsiʃ.ku/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsiʃ.ku/
  • Hyphenation: cis‧co

Noun

cisco m (plural ciscos)

  1. speck (tiny particle)
    Um cisco entrou no meu olho.
    A speck got into my eye.

Verb

cisco

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of ciscar

Spanish

Noun

cisco m (plural ciscos)

  1. coaldust
  2. culm