POLLACK

pollack, pollock, Pollachius pollachius

(noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

pollack, pollock

(noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

Pollack, Sydney Pollack

(noun) United States filmmaker (born in 1934)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Pollack (plural Pollacks)

Alternative spelling of Polack

Noun

pollack (plural pollacks or pollack)

Alternative spelling of pollock

Verb

pollack (third-person singular simple present pollacks, present participle pollacking, simple past and past participle pollacked)

Alternative spelling of pollock

Source: Wiktionary


Pol"lack, n. Etym: [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zoƶl.) (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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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