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Noun: pollack  pó-luk
  1. Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod
    "Pollack is often used as a cheaper alternative to cod in fish and chips";
    - pollock, Pollachius pollachius
     
  2. Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
    "The fishmonger recommended pollack as a sustainable alternative to cod";
    - pollock
Noun: Pollack
  1. United States filmmaker (1934-2008)
    - Sydney Pollack

Derived forms: pollacks

Type of: film maker, film producer, filmmaker, gadoid, gadoid fish, movie maker, saltwater fish

Part of: genus Pollachius, Pollachius

Encyclopedia: Pollack, Henry