Noun: lake herring leyk he-ring
- Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
"Local fishermen depend on lake herring catches during winter";
- cisco, Coregonus artedi
- Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
"We tried the local delicacy of smoked lake herring";
- cisco
Derived forms: lake herring
Type of: whitefish
Part of: Coregonus, genus Coregonus
Encyclopedia: Lake herring