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pol⋅lock

[pol-uhk]
–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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