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Definition of pollock - 6 dictionary results

pol⋅lock

  [pol-uhk]
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–noun, plural -locks, (especially collectively) -lock. Chiefly British.
1. Also called saithe. a North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family.
2. pollack.
Origin:
var. of pollack

Pol⋅lock

  [pol-uhk]
–noun
1. Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.
2. Jackson, 1912–56, U.S. painter.
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pol·lack also pol·lock   (pŏl'ək)   
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.]
pol·lock   (pŏl'ək)   
n.  Variant of pollack.
Pol·lock   (pŏl'ək)   
American artist. Using his drip technique of painting, he became a leader of abstract expressionism.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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