Cisco \Cis"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Lake herring ({Coregonus Artedi}), valuable food fish of
the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to
{C. Hoyi}, a related species of Lake Michigan.
Coregonus artedi
n : important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
[syn: {cisco}, {lake herring}]