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coho|ˈkəʊhəʊ|
Also cohoe, cohose.
[Of unknown origin.]
A species of salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the northern Pacific waters; the silver salmon.
[1859British Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 29 July 1/2 Lastly, there is the genus known by the Indian name of coocouse a hybrid bastard sort of fish, half trout, half salmon.] 1869Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, B.C.) 25 Sept. 2/1 The second of salmon in class is the Cohose, which comes in September and continues to run until November. 1899Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 1898 XVIII. 6 The coho should rank next after the king salmon in food value. 1901[see silver n. and a. 21 d]. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 390/1 The silver salmon or cohoe arrives [in British Columbia waters] a little later than the sockeye. 1965A. J. McClane Fishing Encycl. 191/1 Also called silver salmon and hook-nose, the coho is a popular gamefish of the Pacific Northwest. |