n.
Variant: or pol · lock
Pronunciation: ' pä-l ə k
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pollack or pollock
Etymology: Middle English poullok, perhaps from ScotGael pollag or Irish pollóg
Date: 15th century
1 : a commercially important No. 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