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POLLACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

Synonyms:

Pollachius pollachius; pollack; pollock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pollack" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Meronyms (parts of "pollack"):

pollack; pollock (lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish)

Holonyms ("pollack" is a member of...):

genus Pollachius; Pollachius (pollack)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

Synonyms:

pollack; pollock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pollack" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("pollack" is a part of...):

Pollachius pollachius; pollack; pollock (important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States filmmaker (born in 1934)

Synonyms:

Pollack; Sydney Pollack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb pollack

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