Main Entry:

pol·lack

Variant(s):

or pol·lock \ˈpä-lək\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural pollack or pollock

Etymology:

Middle English poullok, perhaps from ScotGael pollag or Irish pollóg

Date:

15th century

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 (Theragra chalcogramma) of the cod family that closely resembles the pollack —called also walleye pollack