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coho
(kō′hō′)
a comparatively small salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), native to the N Pacific Ocean and now widely introduced as a game fish into fresh waters of the N U.S.
also coho salmon
Origin: earlier co-hue, prob. < Salish (Chilliwack dial.) kwúhw-uth
See coho in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. co·hos or coho
The coho salmon.
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