siscowet/ˈsɪs.kəˌwɛt/EtymologyFrom 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.siscowet means A freshwater fish from Lake Superior in the Great Lakes, a variety of the lake trout. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.siscowet is pronounced /ˈsɪs.kəˌwɛt/.nounA freshwater fish from Lake Superior in the Great Lakes, a variety of the lake trout.