pollack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pollack	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pollack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pollack n United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: Pollack, Sydney Pollack] lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish Synonym(s): pollack, pollock important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod Synonym(s): pollack, pollock, Pollachius pollachius
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo[94]l.) 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.