pollock

Noun
Synonyms: PollockJackson PollockpollackPollachius pollachius

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)Synonyms: PollockJackson Pollock
  2. lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfishSynonyms: pollack
  3. important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to codSynonyms: pollackPollachius pollachius
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
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