coho

noun co·ho \ ˈkō-(ˌ)hō \

Updated on: 14 May 2018

Definition of coho

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

Recent Examples of coho from the Web

This time around, the tacos are available with wild Alaska coho salmon as well as steak and chicken.

— chris ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Rubio's brings back chimichurri tacos," 30 Apr. 2018
Coastal fall tributary seasons: Will be announced later this spring; however, there will be no wild coho fishing in north coast tributaries this year.

— bill monroe, OregonLive.com, "Salmon seasons set for Oregon Coast, Columbia River," 13 Apr. 2018
Buoy 10 to Tongue Point - One-fish limit Aug. 1 to 24 (coho and steelhead must be fin-clipped).

— bill monroe, OregonLive.com, "Salmon seasons set for Oregon Coast, Columbia River," 13 Apr. 2018
But the smaller coho also are a great fish to catch and eat.

— hal bernton, The Seattle Times, "Fish council OKs sharp cut in sport chinook harvest off Washington," 11 Apr. 2018
But their region has some advantages, including fishing for migratory Lake Superior salmonids such as brown trout, steelhead, coho and king salmon.

— brian e. clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Free Wild Rivers Expo highlights Ashland area's fishing opportunities," 16 Mar. 2018
The fish species in the study involved several types of wild Alaskan salmon: chinook, coho, pink and sockeye salmon, as well as rainbow trout.

— lindsey bever, Washington Post, "He ate raw fish almost every day — until a 5-foot-long tapeworm slithered out of his body," 19 Jan. 2018
The river is producing salmon again: sockeye, pink, chum, steelhead, coho, and chinook.

— brian payton, Smithsonian, "How Driftwood Reshapes Ecosystems," 9 Feb. 2018
Kittel believes the 2013 generation of coho went extinct.

— peter fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, "Coho salmon released in Marin County in effort to prevent extinction," 13 Jan. 2018

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