1. Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
   "Coho salmon is popular among sport fishermen";
   - cohoe, coho salmon, blue jack, silver salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch
    
2. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
   "We grilled fresh coho salmon for dinner";
   - silver salmon, coho salmon, cohoe

Derived forms: cohos

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Coho