greenling
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- food fish of the northern Pacific
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
greenling \greenling\ n. [1400-1450] any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos. [WordNet 1.5]
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]