English Explanatory Dictionary

siscowet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A freshwater fish from Lake Superior in the Great Lakes, a variety of the lake trout.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪs.kəˌwɛt/

Word forms

siscowet siscowets ciscoette ciscovet siskawitz siskiwit siskowet

Etymology

From an Ojibwe word, given by some English dictionaries as pemitewiskawet ("fish with oily meat") (compare bimide (“grease”), -skaw- (“meat of a fish”), -e (“an incorporating final”)), perhaps via French ciscoette.

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