pollock

See also: Pollock

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlək/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlək/

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• pollack

Noun

pollock (plural pollocks or pollock)

1. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

Synonyms

• (P. pollachius): Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lythe
• (P. virens): Boston blues, coalfish, coley, silver bills, saithe

Derived terms

• Alaska pollock
• Atlantic pollock
• European pollock

Translations

food fish related to cod

Asturian: abadexu (ast) Bulgarian: сайда f (sajda), морска треска (morska treska) Faroese: seiður m, lýrur (fo) m Finnish: seiti (fi) (P. virens), lyyraturska (fi) (P. pollachius) French: lieu (fr) m Galician: badexo (gl) m (P. pollachius), fogoneiro m (P. virens) German: Seelachs (de) m (P. virens), Köhler (de) m (P. virens), Pollack m (P. pollachius), Kohlfisch (de) Hungarian: tőkehal (hu), sárga tőkehal Norwegian: sei (no) (P. virens), lyr m (P. pollachius) Portuguese: paloco (pt) m Russian: са́йда (ru) f (sájda) Spanish: carbonero (es) m (P. virens), abadejo (es) m (P. pollachius) Swedish: gråsej (sv) (P. virens), lyrtorsk (sv) c, bleka (sv) c (P. pollachius) Turkish: kömür balığı Welsh: morlas m

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Verb

pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)

1. To fish for pollock.

References

• “pollock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• pollock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pollachius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pollachius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

From Jackson Pollock, an American artist who painted in splatters.

Verb

pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)

1. To splatter, as with paint.

Synonyms

• Jackson Pollock