Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
pollack
5 dictionary results for: Pollack
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pol·lack       [pol-uhk] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -lacks, (especially collectively) -lack.
1.a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.
2.pollock.

[Origin: 1495–1505; assimilated var. of podlok (Scots); akin to Scots paddle lumpfish; see -ock]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pol·lack also pol·lock       (pŏl'ək)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pollack or pol·lacks also pollock or pol·locks
A marine food fish (Pollachius virens) of northern Atlantic waters, related to the cod.


[Alteration of Scots podlok.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pollack 
"sea fish," 1602, alteration of Scottish podlok, of unknown origin. Possibly altered by influence of Pollack "Polish person."

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
pollack

noun
1. United States filmmaker (born in 1934) 
2. lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish 
3. important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Share This:Share This: digg.comShare This: ma.gnolia.comShare This: www.stumbleupon.comShare This: del.icio.usShare This: FacebookShare This: favorites.live.comShare This: www.technorati.comShare This: furl.netShare This: myweb2.search.yahoo.comShare This: www.google.com