coho salmon

or cohoe salmon

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coho salmon¹

First recorded in 1865–70; earlier cohose (construed as plural), from the mainland dialect of Halkomelem (a Salishan language spoken on the coast of British Columbia) k̉wə́xwəθ

Example Sentences

Hooking mortalities could be as high as 68 percent in spotted seatrout, bluegills, crappies, and coho salmon.

From Popular-Science

Every fall, coho salmon undertake an epic journey from the ocean back to the freshwater streams and creeks where they were born so they can reproduce and then die shortly after.

From Popular-Science

Sportsman's guide to handling, smoking, and preserving Great Lakes coho salmon.

From Project Gutenberg