sillock

English

Etymology

From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) +‎ -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl, síld (“herring”), whence also dialectal Swedish sil (“the young of fish, fry”) and Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.lək/

Noun

sillock (plural sillocks)

1. (Scotland) A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.

References

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