pollack

Noun
Synonyms: PollackSydney PollackpollockPollachius pollachius

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. United States filmmaker (born in 1934)Synonyms: PollackSydney Pollack
  2. lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfishSynonyms: pollock
  3. important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to codSynonyms: pollockPollachius pollachius
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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]
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