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pollock
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pollock has 3 senses
- pollock(n = noun.person) jackson pollock - United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956); Array is a kind of painter
- pollock(n = noun.food) pollack - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish; Array is a part of pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock
- pollock(n = noun.animal) pollachius pollachius, pollack - 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 kind of saltwater fish
is a member of genus pollachius, pollachius
has parts: pollack, pollock
CIDE DICTIONARY
pollock, n. [See Pollack.].
A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius ), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish , lob , podley , podling , pollack , etc. [1913 Webster]
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