Pollack

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pollack
       n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: {Sydney Pollack}]
       2: lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
          [syn: {pollock}]
       3: important food and game fish of northern seas (especially
          the northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: {pollock}, {Pollachius
          pollachius}]