From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.)
(a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius
virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait},
{leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}.
(b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zool.)
A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both
of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod,
and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called
{coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pollack
n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: {Pollack},
{Sydney Pollack}]
2: lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
[syn: {pollack}, {pollock}]
3: important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the
northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: {pollack},
{pollock}, {Pollachius pollachius}]
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