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
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The logging will periodically cloud the waters of Yellow Creek, where threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon go to spawn.
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April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
Soto watched as a group of men wearing wetsuits, masks and snorkels swam in Wooley Creek, a tributary of the Salmon River, searching in the clear water for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Biologists expect that with the dams now removed and the Klamath flowing freely, all types of native fish will benefit, including fall-run and spring-run chinook as well as coho salmon, steelhead trout and Pacific lampreys.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Every year in Sonoma County, steelhead trout and coho salmon return to spawn in creeks along the Russian River that are fed by groundwater.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
Soto watched as a group of men wearing wetsuits, masks and snorkels swam in Wooley Creek, a tributary of the Salmon River, searching in the clear water for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Biologists expect that with the dams now removed and the Klamath flowing freely, all types of native fish will benefit, including fall-run and spring-run chinook as well as coho salmon, steelhead trout and Pacific lampreys.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Every year in Sonoma County, steelhead trout and coho salmon return to spawn in creeks along the Russian River that are fed by groundwater.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Coho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coho. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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