coho
coho definition
coho (kō′hō′)
noun pl. coho -·ho′ or cohos -·hos′
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
Etymology: earlier co-hue, prob. < Salish (Chilliwack dial.) kwúhw-uth
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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