pollock

See also: Pollock

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlək/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlək/

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Etymology 1

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

Pollachius pollachius: Pollock

Pollachius virens: Pollock

Alternative forms

• pollack

Noun

pollock (plural pollocks or pollock)

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

   Hypernyms: gadid < gadiform < fish < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Coordinate terms: (other commercially important gadiforms) cod (Gadus sense), cod (Gadus morhue sense), hake, haddock, whiting, ling, cusk

   2. Pollachius pollachius.

      Synonyms: Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lythe

   4. Pollachius virens.

      Synonyms: Boston blues, coalfish, coley, silver bills, saithe

Derived terms

• Alaska pollock, Alaskan pollock
• Atlantic pollock
• European pollock

Translations

food fish related to cod

• Asturian: abadexu (ast)
• Bulgarian: сайда f (sajda), морска треска (morska treska)
• Dutch: koolvis (nl) m
• Faroese: seiður m, lýrur (fo) m
• Finnish: seiti (fi) (P. virens), lyyraturska (fi) (P. pollachius)
• French: lieu (fr) m
• Galician: badexo (gl) m (P. pollachius), fogoneiro m (P. virens)
• German: Seelachs (de) m (P. virens), Köhler (de) m (P. virens), Pollack m (P. pollachius), Kohlfisch (de)
• Hungarian: tőkehal (hu), sárga tőkehal
• Irish: luóg f, mangach m, pollóg f
• Norwegian: sei (no) (P. virens), lyr m (P. pollachius)
• Portuguese: paloco (pt) m
• Russian: са́йда (ru) f (sájda)
• Spanish: carbonero (es) m (P. virens), abadejo (es) m (P. pollachius)
• Swedish: gråsej (sv) (P. virens), lyrtorsk (sv) c, bleka (sv) c (P. pollachius)
• Turkish: kömür balığı
• Welsh: morlas m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} 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.

References

• “pollock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• pollock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pollachius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pollachius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

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

Verb

Tornadoes at sunset by Tom Sulcer (2007). Paint pollocked on board

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

1. To splatter, as with paint.

Synonyms

• Jackson Pollock