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
Pollock, Jackson Pollock
(noun) United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pollock
A surname.
Pollock (plural Pollocks)
A painting by Jackson Pollock.
Pollock (plural Pollocks)
Alternative spelling of Polack
pollock (plural pollocks or pollock)
Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
• (P. pollachius): Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lythe
• (P. virens): Boston blues, coalfish, coley, silver bills, saithe
pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)
To fish for pollock.
pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)
To splatter, as with paint.
• Jackson Pollock
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"lock, n. Etym: [See Pollack.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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