Common name | Least cisco |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | Also used in Arctic Canada (Ref. 27545). |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | mod. for affinity |
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). Also used in Ref. 27545. |