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- noun Alternative spelling of
coho .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
- noun fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
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Examples
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The others, sockeye, humpback, cohoe, dog-salmon and masu, are smaller and of less interest to the angler, though some of them have great commercial value.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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The silver salmon or cohoe arrives a little later than the sockeye, but is not much used for packing except when required to make up deficiencies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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