coho salmon — noun 1. fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes • Syn: ↑silver salmon, ↑coho, ↑cohoe • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • Part Holonyms: ↑coho, ↑cohoe, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
salmon — salmonlike, adj. /sam euhn/, n., pl. salmons, (esp. collectively) salmon for 1 3, adj. n. 1. a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe… … Universalium
Salmon — is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout. Salmon live in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Great Lakes and other land locked lakes.Typically,… … Wikipedia
coho salmon — A species of salmon that has been the subject of conservation efforts and legal wrangling in recent years. Traditionally found in coastal streams and rivers on the West Coast and in the Pacific Ocean, many coho salmon populations are in steep… … Law dictionary
coho — [kō′hō΄] n. pl. coho or cohos [earlier co hue, prob. < Salish (Chilliwack dial.) kwúhw uth] a comparatively small salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), native to the N Pacific Ocean and now widely introduced as a game fish into fresh waters of the N… … English World dictionary
Coho (disambiguation) — Coho may refer to the following: Coho, a species of salmon MV Coho, a car ferry built in 1959 and operated by Black Ball Lines between Victoria, British Columbia and Port Angeles, Washington Coho, code name for Linspire 4.5, a Linux distribution… … Wikipedia
Salmon Bay School — (Formerly known as Coho/NOMS New Options Middle School) is a kindergarten through eighth grade alternative school in Seattle, Washington and is part of Seattle Public Schools. The school is located in the neighborhood of Ballard near Ballard High … Wikipedia
Coho salmon — This article is about the species of salmon. For the Black Ball car ferry, see MV Coho. Coho Salmon Scientific classification Kingdom: Anim … Wikipedia
coho — /koh hoh/, n., pl. cohos, (esp. collectively) coho. See coho salmon. Also, cohoe. * * * or silver salmon Species (Oncorhynchus kisutch) of salmon prized for food and sport that ranges from the Bering Sea to Japan and the Salinas River of Monterey … Universalium
coho — noun (plural cohos or coho) Etymology: Halkomelem (Salishan language of southwest British Columbia) k̓wəxwəθ Date: 1869 a rather small Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that has light colored flesh and is native to both coasts of the North… … New Collegiate Dictionary
coho salmon — 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. [1865 70; earlier… … Universalium