cohosalmon

cohosalmon
coho salmon n.
A small silver food and game fish (Oncorhynchus kisutch) native to North Pacific waters and introduced in the Great Lakes. Also called silver salmon.
  [Alteration of cohose, from Halkomelem (Salishan language of southwestern British Columbia) k'ʷəxʷəθ.]

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