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pollack

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HYPHEN

pol=lack

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pollack has 3 senses

pollack(n = noun.person) sydney pollack - United States filmmaker (born in 1934); Array

is a kind of film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker

pollack(n = noun.food) pollock - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish; Array

is a part of pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock

is a kind of saltwater fish

pollack(n = noun.animal) pollachius pollachius, pollock - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod; Array

is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish

is a member of genus pollachius, pollachius

has parts: pollack, pollock

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pollack, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.].

A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pollack, n. (also pollock) a European marine fish, Pollachius pollachius, with a characteristic protruding lower jaw, used for food.

Etymology

earlier (Sc.) podlock: orig. unkn.

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