pollack (redirected from pollocks)

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.

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[Alteration of Scots podlok.]

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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]

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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)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Pollack - United States filmmaker (born in 1934) Sydney Pollack
	2.	pollack - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish pollock 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.	pollack - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod Pollachius pollachius, pollock gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Pollachius, Pollachius - pollack pollack, pollock - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

Translations

pollack [ˈpɒlək] N (pollacks or pollack (pl)) → abadejo m