Middle English Dictionary Entry

poullok n.
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Forms poullok n.
Etymology Celt.; cp. Sc.Gael. pollag, Ir. pollóg, applied to various fresh-water fish of the genus Coregonus found in the British Isles; also apparently applied to an unrelated salt-water fish having some superficial resemblance to the genus Coregonus.

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1.
The pollack of the coastal waters of Europe (Pollachius pollachius).
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