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pol·lack

(pŏl′ək)

Variant of pollock.

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pollack

(ˈpɒlək) or

pollock

n, pl -lacks, -lack, -locks or -lock

(Animals) a gadoid food fish, Pollachius pollachius, that has a dark green back and a projecting lower jaw and occurs in northern seas, esp the North Atlantic Ocean

[C17: from earlier Scottish podlok, of obscure origin]

Pollack

(ˈpɒlək)

(Biography) Sydney. 1934–2008, US film director. His films include Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1986), and The Firm (1993)

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pol•lock

(ˈpɒl ək)

n., pl. -locks, (esp. collectively) -lock.

1. a greenish North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family, with a white lateral stripe and a jutting lower jaw.

2. Also, pollack. a related, brownish food fish, P. pollachius.

[1495–1505; assimilated variant of podlok (Scots); akin to Scots paddle lumpfish; see -ock]

Pol•lock

(ˈpɒl ək)

n.

1. Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.

2. Jackson, 1912–56, U.S. painter.

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Noun	1.	Pollack - United States filmmaker (born in 1934) Sydney Pollack
	2.	pollack - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish pollock Pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	3.	pollack - important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod Pollachius pollachius, pollock gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Pollachius, Pollachius - pollack pollack, pollock - lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

Translations

lieu jaune

pollack

[ˈpɒlək] N (pollacks or pollack (pl)) → abadejo m

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