Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pollack"
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) 1.7 (wn)
Pollack
n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: {Pollack}, {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
North Atlantic; related to cod [syn: {pollock}, {Pollachius
pollachius}]
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