What is "coho salmon"

n. A species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (''Oncorhynchus kisutch'')

1. n. fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes [syn: silver salmon, coho, cohoe]

2. small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes [syn: coho, cohoe, blue jack, silver salmon, Onchorynchus kisutch]

The coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family, one of the several species of Pacific salmon. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers". The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч).