Common name | Sardine cisco |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Locality | |
Ref. | Svetovidov, A.N., 1984 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Sardine', from Latin 'sardina' from 'Sarda', i.e., fish from Sardinia, a Roman city (p. 670 in Ref. 9404); '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). |