coho salmon

American  

Or cohoe salmon

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.

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Etymology

Origin of coho salmon

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

In a past life, steelhead trout and coho salmon thrived in this stream.

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By establishing the salmon sanctuary in Blue Creek, the deal safeguards a vital cold-water habitat for fish including Chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead.

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Soto watched as a group of men wearing wetsuits, masks and snorkels swam in Wooley Creek, a tributary of the Salmon River, searching in the clear water for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.

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The team, part of the Karuk tribe’s fisheries program, was searching for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.

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It was the first major release of coho salmon into the Klamath since the removal of four dams began last year.

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