pol·lack also pol·lock (p l  k)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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| Noun | 1. | 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. |  pollack - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to codgadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Pollachius, Pollachius - pollack |
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