pollock

noun

pol·​lock

variant spelling of pollack

1

: a commercially important North Atlantic food fish (Pollachius virens) related to and resembling the cods but darker

2

: a commercially important northern Pacific food fish (Gadus chalcogrammus synonym Theragra chalcogramma) of the cod family that closely resembles the pollack

called also walleye pollack

Biographical Definition

Pollock 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

Pol·​lock ˈpä-lək 

Sir Frederick 1845–1937 English jurist

Pollock

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

(Paul) Jackson 1912–1956 American painter