Lait

1 definition 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]