pollack

[pol-uhk] Origin

pol·lack

[pol-uhk]
noun, plural pol·lacks, (especially collectively) pol·lack.
1.
a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.

Origin:
1495–1505; assimilated variant of podlok (Scots); akin to Scots paddle lumpfish; see -ock
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Pollack is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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pollack or pollock (ˈpɒlək)
 
n , pl -lacks, -lack, -locks, -lock
a gadoid food fish, Pollachius pollachius, that has a dark green back and a projecting lower jaw and occurs in northern seas, esp the North Atlantic Ocean
 
[C17: from earlier Scottish podlok, of obscure origin]
 
pollock or pollock
 
n
 
[C17: from earlier Scottish podlok, of obscure origin]

Pollack (ˈpɒlək)
 
n
Sydney. born 1934, US film director. His films include Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1986), and The Firm (1993)

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pollack
"sea fish," c.1600, alteration of Scottish podlok, of unknown origin. Possibly altered by influence of Pollack "Polish person."
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