coho (redirected from cohos)

co·ho  (kh)

n. pl. co·hos or coho

The coho salmon.

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coho [ˈkəʊhəʊ]

n pl -ho, -hos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch Also called silver salmon

[origin unknown; probably from an American Indian language]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coho - fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon blue jack, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon, coho, coho salmon, cohoe - small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
	2.	coho - small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes blue jack, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon, coho salmon, cohoe salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon - fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes