Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Silberlachs

    ки́жучkížuč

More definitions
  • small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
  • fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes

Translations

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Origin

The earlier spelling "cohose" was re-interpreted as a plural form (for a similar developme

The earlier spelling "cohose" was re-interpreted as a plural form (for a similar development, see pea). From Halkomelem.

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Forms

plural: cohos
Singularcoho
Pluralcohos

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Onchorhynchus kisutch:blue jackcoho salmonsilver salmoncohoe
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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