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Webster 1913 Edition


Pollack

Pol′lack

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pollack

POL'LACK

,
Noun.
A fish, a species of Gadus or cod.