COHO SALMON


Meaning of COHO SALMON in English

a small salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the North Pacific coasts and also in the Great Lakes, where it was introduced: important as a game and food fish.

Also, cohoe salmon . Also called blue jack, coho, cohoe, silver salmon .

[ 1865-70; earlier cohose (construed as pl.) k' w ax w ath ]

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