lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
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important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod
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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.
Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo["o]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.
The five-inch pollack, a food fish belonging to the cod family, bit on a lure that was almost its size.
While U.S. fishermen also hope to cast nets in Soviet waters for pollack, cod and other species, the agreement with the Soviets is seen as especially beneficial for the crabbers.