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coho -hoes. [prob. of native origin] 
n. a silvery salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the northern Pacific.
See also: fall fish silver salmon
- 1808 (1960) [However our Indian Guides say . . . that the large salmon (Cace) already begin to come up.]
- 1859 Lastly, there is the genus known by the Indian name of coocouse a hybrid bastard sort of fish, half trout, half salmon.
- 1869 The second of salmon in class is the Cohose, which comes in September and continues to run until November.
- 1926 Overhead expenses could be made from the coho pack but sockeyes signified success. . . .
- 1963 Peculiar how the fish run to sexes. First five cohoes I caught were cockfish; all the rest but one have been hens.
- 1808 (1960) [However our Indian Guides say . . . that the large salmon (Cace) already begin to come up.]