Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius
virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait},
{leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}.
(b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
Source : WordNet®
Pollack
n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: {Sydney Pollack}]
2: lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
[syn: {pollock}]
3: important food and game fish of northern seas (especially
the northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: {pollock}, {Pollachius
pollachius}]