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pollack

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pol·lack also pol·lock  (plk)
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.]

pollack, pollock [ˈpɒlək]
n pl -lacks, -lack, -locks -lock
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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
[from earlier Scottish podlok, of obscure origin]

Pollack [ˈpɒlək]
n
(Biographies / Pollack, Sydney (1934 M, US, FILMS AND TV: director) Sydney. born 1934, US film director. His films include Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1986), and The Firm (1993)
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Noun1.Pollack - United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
2.pollack - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
Pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod
saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
3.pollackpollack - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod
gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae
pollack, pollock - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
Translations
pollack [ˈpɒlək] N (pollacks or pollack (pl)) → abadejo m


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I had to go over and tell Henry Pollack he was dying.
His suspicions being aroused, the sergeant followed the man, and with the aid of Constable Pollack succeeded, after a most desperate resistance, in arresting him.
 
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