hucho

noun

hu·​cho

ˈh(y)ü(ˌ)kō

1

capitalized : a European genus of large riverine fishes (family Salmonidae) that are closely related to the salmons and trouts of the genus Salmo from which they are distinguished especially by the absence of teeth along the median line of the hyoid bone

2

plural -s : any fish of the genus Hucho

especially : huchen

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from German huchen, huch

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