Common name | Cisco |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | In 1990 reprint of Ref. 1998. 'Cisco', short for Canadian French term 'ciscoette' for any of the whitefish genus of the Coregonid family including important food fishes of the Great Lakes region (p. 243 in Ref. 11978). |