1. Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish
   "The fishmonger recommended pollock as a sustainable alternative to cod";
   - pollack
    
2. Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod
   "pollock is often used as a cheaper alternative to cod in fish and chips";
   - pollack, Pollachius pollachius
    
3. A North Atlantic food fish of the cod family
   "pollock is often used as a cheaper alternative to cod";
   - coalfish, coley, saithe, sillock
    
4. The flesh of the coalfish, used as food
   "They served battered pollock with chips";
   - coalfish, coley, saithe, sillock

1. United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
   - Jackson Pollock

Derived forms: pollocks

Type of: gadoid, gadoid fish, painter, saltwater fish

Part of: genus Pollachius, Pollachius

Encyclopedia: Pollock, Michael