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🐟 A small salmon 🍣 Salmon meat
coho

coho

8.0
The pink, fatty flesh of a small salmon that people eat as food
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊhoʊ/
  • US
translation icon : salmón coho
  • I love eating coho salmon for dinner.

Examples

  • Fresh coho is available at the fish market during the summer season.

  • I prefer the taste of coho to other types of salmon.

  • The chef prepared grilled coho with a lemon-dill sauce for dinner.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with coho.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish using coho salmon topped with a citrus glaze.

  • For dinner, I made grilled coho salmon served with asparagus and quinoa.

  • The market had fresh coho salmon, perfect for making sushi at home.

Synonyms

coho salmon
vscoho
  • US
1 3.0

A small salmon from the Pacific Ocean often eaten for its tender flesh

is used only for the flesh, not for the live fish
silver salmon
vscoho
  • US
3.1

Pink fatty meat from a small salmon often sold and eaten as food

is the same but gives a general flesh description without naming the species
cohoe
vscoho
  • US
9.9

The fatty pink flesh of a small salmon eaten as food

is more neutral and focuses on common use rather than prized value

Compounds

coho salmon
  • US
1 3.0

A small salmon from the Pacific Ocean often eaten for its tender flesh

Surface Forms

coho singular
cohos plural

Etymology

Coho comes from a Native American name for the salmon, often seen in older forms like cohoe, and English kept this short name. That's why coho can mean the fish's pink, fatty flesh that people buy and eat.