Definition of "kisutch" []

• The vernacular name in Alaska and Kamchatka, and also the technical specific name, of a kind of salmon. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The species name kisutch “keez-utch” came about in the same circuitous way as the scientific names for the other Pacific salmon originating from the Koryak languages of the Kamchatka Peninsula."
• "Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) is also known in the Silver Salmon."
• "South Slough tributaries provide habitat for amphibians such as the Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) and the red-legged frog (Rana aurora), and many contain populations of resident and anadromous fish, such coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch)."