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co⋅ho

  [koh-hoh]
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–noun, plural -hos, (especially collectively) -ho.
coho salmon.
Also, cohoe.

coho salmon

 
–noun
a small salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the North Pacific coasts and also in the Great Lakes, where it was introduced: important as a game and food fish.
Also, cohoe salmon.
Also called blue jack, coho, cohoe, silver salmon.

Origin:
1865–70; earlier cohose (construed as pl.) < Halkomelem (mainland dial.) k̉wə́xwəθ
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co·ho   (kō'hō)   
n.   pl. co·hos or coho
The coho salmon.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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