coho

See also: cohō

English

Coho smolts in an aquarium

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊhəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊhoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊhəʊ

Noun

coho (plural cohos)

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.
   • 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^{[Oregon Coastal Natural]} coho constitute the largest aggregate of coho populations in the United States outside Alaska.

   • 1998, Robert Harvey Conrad, Coho Salmon Escapement to the Skagit River Estimated Using a Mark-recapture Method, 1989, page i:

     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.

   • 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.

Synonyms

• (Onchorhynchus kisutch): blue jack, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon

Translations

Oncorhynchus kisutch

• Finnish: hopealohi
• German: Silberlachs m
• Klallam: qəčqs
• Nootka: cuw̕it
• Okanagan: kísuʔ
• Russian: ки́жуч (ru) m (kížuč)
• Tlingit: lʼook

References

• Coho salmon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oncorhynchus kisutch on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oncorhynchus kisutch on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• 'choo, Choo, choo, ooch

Latin

Noun

cohō

1. dative/ablative singular of cohum