pollock

See also Pollock

English

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic podlok.

Alternative forms

• pollack

Noun

pollock (plural pollocks or pollock)

1. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, related to cod.

Wikispecies

Translations

food fish related to cod

• Finnish: seiti (fi) (P. virens); lyyraturska (fi) (P. pollachius)
• German: Seelachs (de) m, Köhler (de) m
• Norwegian: sei (no) (P. virens); lyr (no) m (P. pollachius)

• Russian: сайда /sájda/ f
• Spanish: carbonero (es) m (P. virens), abadejo (es) m (P. pollachius)
• Swedish: gråsej (sv) (P. virens), lyrtorsk (sv) c, bleka (sv) c (P. pollachius)

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• Spanish gado (es) m

Verb

pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)

1. To fish for pollock.

See also

• Pollock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• pollock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology 2

From Jackson Pollock

Verb

pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)

1. To splatter, as with paint.