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

  greenling \greenling\ n. [1400-1450]
     any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of
     the genus {Hexagrammos}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  greenling
       n : food fish of the northern Pacific

















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