Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈkəʊhəʊ/ · noun
An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes..
1996, Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council, Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest, page 105, Overall, OCN coho constitute the largest aggregate of coho populations in the United States outside Alaska.
2000, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Sitka Ranger District, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Redoubt Lake Cabin, Baranof Island: Fish and Wildlife Opportunities, unnumbered page, Redoubt Lake has good populations of both coho and sockeye salmon and minor runs of pink salmon and a few chum salmon. The sockeye run peaks during early July, and the coho run begins in August.
Since 1965, an index live-count method has been used to annually estimate the number of coho salmon in the escapement to the Skagit River.
Use coho when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coho means An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes..
Common synonyms include blue jack, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1996, Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council, Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest, page 105, Overall, OCN coho constitute the largest aggregate of coho populations in the United States outside Alaska.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.