English Explanatory Dictionary

pollock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
  2. Pollachius pollachius.
  3. Pollachius virens.
verb
  1. To fish for pollock.
verb
  1. To splatter, as with paint.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
  4. A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
  5. A village in Sullivan County, Missouri.
  6. A town in Campbell County, South Dakota.
noun
  1. A painting by Jackson Pollock.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Polack.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑlək/ /ˈpɒlək/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pollock.wav

Word forms

pollock pollocks pollack pollocking pollocked

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], perhaps from Scots podlok.

Synonyms

Atlantic pollock European pollock lythe Boston blues coalfish coley silver bills saithe Jackson Pollock

Related words

Pollok

Derived words

Alaska pollock Atlantic pollock European pollock Pollockian Pollock Pines

Translations

Asturian: abadexu Bulgarian: сайда Bulgarian: морска треска Faroese: seiður Faroese: lýrur Finnish: seiti (P. virens) Finnish: lyyraturska (P. pollachius) French: lieu Galician: badexo (P. pollachius) Galician: fogoneiro (P. virens) German: Seelachs (P. virens) German: Köhler (P. virens) German: Pollack (P. pollachius) German: Kohlfisch Hungarian: tőkehal Hungarian: sárga tőkehal Norwegian: sei (P. virens) Norwegian: lyr (P. pollachius) Portuguese: paloco Russian: са́йда Spanish: carbonero (P. virens) Spanish: abadejo (P. pollachius) Swedish: gråsej (P. virens) Swedish: lyrtorsk Swedish: bleka (P. pollachius) Turkish: kömür balığı Welsh: morlas
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