Definition of Ciscoes

1. Noun. (plural of cisco) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ciscoes

1. cisco [n] - See also: cisco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciscoes

cis-toluene dihydrodiol dehydrogenase
cis-trans-isomerases
cis-trans isomer
cis-trans isomerism
cisA recombinase
cis acting
cis activation
cis configuration
cis dominance
cis trans test
cisacting
cisalpine
cisapride
cisatracurium
cisco
ciscoes (current term)
ciscos
ciseleur
ciseleurs
ciselure
ciselures
cisgendered
cisgenesis
cisgenic
cislocative
cislunar
cisman
cismarine
cismasculine

Literary usage of Ciscoes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1899)
"Herring split down the belly to the vent sufficiently to remove the viscera are commonly, called ciscoes, but many herring are split down the back and sold ..."

2. The Story of the Fishes by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, James Newton Baskett, George Henry Kingsley (1899)
"The grayling is distinguished by having about twenty rays in the dorsal; all the others have scarcely more than half so many. The ciscoes and lake herring ..."

3. The Story of the Fishes by James Newton Baskett (1899)
"The grayling is distinguished by having about twenty rays in the dorsal; all the others have scarcely more than half so many. The ciscoes and lake herring ..."

4. The Story of the Fishes by James Newton Baskett (1899)
"The grayling is distinguished by having about twenty rays in the dorsal; all the others have scarcely more than half so many. The ciscoes and lake herring ..."

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