variants
or pollock
plural pollack or pollock
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
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Some of our primary goals are to study fish species that have great ecological, economic, and societal importance, namely Barents Sea capelin, Alaskan pollack, Peruvian and South African anchovies, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Southern blue whiting, and Argentinian hake.
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011
Medium-size fish—say, cod, hake, pollack, and salmon—have medium-size swim bladders, which generally resonate at frequencies of several hundred hertz.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011
American consumers have not suffered much yet from the Atlantic cod crisis; for the moment, the slack is being taken up by Pacific cod, by Norwegian and Russian cod from the Barents Sea, and by similar fish such as pollack, which are now being swept up by factory ships off Alaska.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Benedict over plump asparagus; a soup packed with salmon, mussels, and pollack, drizzled with oil, and infused with spinach and leek; and a lemon-and-almond cake held together with thick slabs of buttercream.
—Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
Beer battered Alaskan pollack served with French fries or baked potato, coleslaw, bread and butter and tartar sauce.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
Alaskan pollack, homemade perogies and eggplant lasagna.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
The fish fry in a light beer batter is pollack, which has that cod sweetness; the perch on the menu is yellow perch.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011
Medium-size fish—say, cod, hake, pollack, and salmon—have medium-size swim bladders, which generally resonate at frequencies of several hundred hertz.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2011
American consumers have not suffered much yet from the Atlantic cod crisis; for the moment, the slack is being taken up by Pacific cod, by Norwegian and Russian cod from the Barents Sea, and by similar fish such as pollack, which are now being swept up by factory ships off Alaska.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Benedict over plump asparagus; a soup packed with salmon, mussels, and pollack, drizzled with oil, and infused with spinach and leek; and a lemon-and-almond cake held together with thick slabs of buttercream.
—Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
Beer battered Alaskan pollack served with French fries or baked potato, coleslaw, bread and butter and tartar sauce.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
Alaskan pollack, homemade perogies and eggplant lasagna.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
The fish fry in a light beer batter is pollack, which has that cod sweetness; the perch on the menu is yellow perch.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2020
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pollack
noun
pol·lack
variants
or pollock
plural pollack or pollock
1
: an important food fish of the northern Atlantic that resembles the related cods but is darker
2
: an important food fish of the northern Pacific that is related to and resembles the pollack of the northern Atlantic
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