Pollack

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Pollack
    n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1934) [syn: {Pollack},
         {Sydney Pollack}]
    2: lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
       [syn: {pollack}, {pollock}]
    3: important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the
       northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: {pollack},
       {pollock}, {Pollachius pollachius}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
   little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.)
   (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.
       [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zool.)
   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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