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POLLOCK

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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 ("pollock" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "pollock"):

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

Holonyms ("pollock" 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 ("pollock" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pollock" 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 artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)

Synonyms:

Jackson Pollock; Pollock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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

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