coho
noun
co·ho ˈkō-(ˌ)hō 
plural cohos or coho
: a rather small Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that has light-colored flesh and is native to both coasts of the North Pacific and is stocked in the Great Lakes
called also coho salmon, silver salmon
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For example: All those fat coho (and offshore reports confirm) are kind of like silver spray paint. 
oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 Other per pound salmon prices to fishermen in 2020 (with 2019 prices in parentheses) averaged $4.74 for Chinook ($4.36); $1.06 for sockeye ($1.61); $1.24 for coho ($1.13); and $.46 for chums ($.54). Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2021 The blaze also contributed to a massive debris flow that appears to have killed an enormous number of fish in the Klamath River, including juvenile chinook and coho salmon, Alex Wigglesworth reports. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 The scientists enhanced the water of each artificial stream with different doses of salmon carcass to see how juvenile coho salmon responded. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2022 Last year was the worst year on record for coho salmon on the Yukon too, so this year the department has implemented a new project to try to understand that crash. Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2022 Lots of splash and flash, all courtesy of coho salmon. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 Currently, Habitat produces four metric tons of coho salmon annually, but scaling the operation could increase that output to 1,000 tons with the right investor. Amanda Siebert, Forbes, 27 May 2022 Between 2014 and 2018, the confidence interval for one population, the mid-Columbia coho, included the 4% minimum threshold. ProPublica, 24 May 2022 See More
oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 Other per pound salmon prices to fishermen in 2020 (with 2019 prices in parentheses) averaged $4.74 for Chinook ($4.36); $1.06 for sockeye ($1.61); $1.24 for coho ($1.13); and $.46 for chums ($.54). Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2021 The blaze also contributed to a massive debris flow that appears to have killed an enormous number of fish in the Klamath River, including juvenile chinook and coho salmon, Alex Wigglesworth reports. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 The scientists enhanced the water of each artificial stream with different doses of salmon carcass to see how juvenile coho salmon responded. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2022 Last year was the worst year on record for coho salmon on the Yukon too, so this year the department has implemented a new project to try to understand that crash. Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2022 Lots of splash and flash, all courtesy of coho salmon. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 Currently, Habitat produces four metric tons of coho salmon annually, but scaling the operation could increase that output to 1,000 tons with the right investor. Amanda Siebert, Forbes, 27 May 2022 Between 2014 and 2018, the confidence interval for one population, the mid-Columbia coho, included the 4% minimum threshold. ProPublica, 24 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Halkomelem (Salishan language of southwest British Columbia) k̓ʷə́xʷəθ
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above