English

Coho smolts in an aquarium

Noun

coho ‎(plural cohos)

1. An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
   • 1996, Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council, Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest, page 105,

     Overall, OCN^{[Oregon Coastal Natural]}coho constitute the largest aggregate of coho populations in the United States outside Alaska.

   • 1998, Robert Harvey Conrad, Coho Salmon Escapement to the Skagit River Estimated Using a Mark-recapture Method, 1989, page i,

     Since 1965, an index live-count method has been used to annually estimate the number of coho salmon in the escapement to the Skagit River.

   • 2000, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Sitka Ranger District, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Redoubt Lake Cabin, Baranof Island: Fish and Wildlife Opportunities, unnumbered page,

     Redoubt Lake has good populations of both coho and sockeye salmon and minor runs of pink salmon and a few chum salmon. The sockeye run peaks during early July, and the coho run begins in August.

Synonyms

• (Onchorhynchus kisutch): blue jack, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon

Translations

See also

• Coho salmon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oncorhynchus kisutch on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• coho on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• choo

References

1. ↑ “coho” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Latin

Noun

cohō

1. dative singular of cohum
2. ablative singular of cohum