/pol"euhk/ , n. , pl. pollacks , ( esp. collectively ) pollack .
1. a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.
2. pollock.
[ 1495-1505; assimilated var. of podlok (Scots); akin to Scots paddle lumpfish; see -OCK ]