coho salmon

noun

A species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

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cohosilver salmoncohoeblue jackOncorhynchus kisutch
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Meanings

nouncoho salmon (plural coho salmon)
  1. A species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

    Synonyms: coho, silver salmon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

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cohosilver salmon

More synonyms by meaning

nounfatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes

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silver salmoncohocohoe
Broader
salmon

nounsmall salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes

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cohocohoeblue jacksilver salmonOncorhynchus kisutch
Broader
salmon
Also see
blue jackcohosilver salmon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From coho + salmon.

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Translations

Catalan salmó platejat
  • salmó platejatOncorhynchus kisutch
Finnish hopealohi
  • hopealohiOncorhynchus kisutch
German Silberlachs
  • SilberlachsOncorhynchus kisutch
Japanese 銀鮭
  • 銀鮭 (ginzake)Oncorhynchus kisutch
Korean 은연어
  • 은연어 (eunyeoneo)Oncorhynchus kisutch
Russian ки́жуч
  • ки́жуч (kížuč)Oncorhynchus kisutch
Cite this entry
APA

coho salmon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coho%20salmon

MLA

“coho salmon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coho%20salmon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coho salmon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coho%20salmon.

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