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pollack


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pollack  \Pol"lack\,  n.  [Cf.  G.  &  D.  pollack,  and  Gael.  pollag  a 
  little  pool,  a  sort  of  fish.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pollock  \Pol"lock\,  n.  [See  {Pollack}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pollack 
  n  1:  lean  white  flesh  of  North  Atlantic  fish;  similar  to  codfish 
  [syn:  {pollock}] 
  2:  important  food  and  game  fish  of  northern  seas  especially 
  North  Atlantic;  related  to  cod  [syn:  {pollock},  {Pollachius 
  pollachius}] 




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