n. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found from San Francisco northward and on the Asiatic coasts southward to Japan.
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n. fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
n. small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
Word Usage
"Sunday evening, Oct. 23, in West Seattle, a public drumming ceremony will call coho back to Fauntleroy Creek."