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pollock en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɒlək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɑlək/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], perhaps from Scots podlok.

Meanings

  1. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family. ▸ Pollachius pollachius.
  2. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family. ▸ Pollachius virens.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pollack alternative lexicographic
pollock Number=Plur lexicographic
pollocks Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

cod · cusk · haddock · cod · cod · hake · cod · whiting · whiting · hake · cusk · haddock · ling · ling

Deriveds

Alaskan pollock · Atlantic pollock · European pollock · Alaska pollock

Hypernyms

fish · vertebrate · organism · creature · creature · gadiform · organism · gadid · animal · gadiform · animal · gadid · fish · vertebrate

Synonyms

European pollock · silver bills · Atlantic pollock · coley · saithe · Boston blues · lythe · coalfish

Translations (31)

fi lyyraturska (P. pollachius) (food fish related to cod) · no sei (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · sv bleka (P. pollachius) (food fish related to cod) · pt paloco (food fish related to cod) · no lyr (P. pollachius) (food fish related to cod) · ga mangach (food fish related to cod) · de Pollack (P. pollachius) (food fish related to cod) · ru са́йда (food fish related to cod) · hu sárga tőkehal (food fish related to cod) · bg морска треска (food fish related to cod) · fi seiti (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · bg сайда (food fish related to cod) · gl fogoneiro (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · de Seelachs (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · ga luóg (food fish related to cod) · gl badexo (P. pollachius) (food fish related to cod) · es carbonero (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · nl koolvis (food fish related to cod) · fo seiður (food fish related to cod) · de Köhler (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · tr kömür balığı (food fish related to cod) · sv gråsej (P. virens) (food fish related to cod) · fo lýrur (food fish related to cod) · cy morlas (food fish related to cod) · sv lyrtorsk (food fish related to cod) · de Kohlfisch (food fish related to cod) · es abadejo (P. pollachius) (food fish related to cod) · fr lieu (food fish related to cod) · ast abadexu (food fish related to cod) · ga pollóg (food fish related to cod) · hu tőkehal (food fish related to cod)

wikidata: Q5125285 · wikidata: Q752683

pollock en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɒlək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɑlək/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], perhaps from Scots podlok.

Meanings

  1. To fish for pollock.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pollack alternative lexicographic
pollocks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pollocked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pollocked Tense=Past lexicographic
pollocking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

pollock en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɒlək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɑlək/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Jackson Pollock, an American artist who painted in splatters.

Meanings

  1. To splatter, as with paint.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pollocks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pollocked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pollocked Tense=Past lexicographic
pollocking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

Jackson Pollock

wikipedia: Jackson Pollock