Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several black or dark-colored fishes, especially a pollock or sablefish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gadoid fish, Pollachius virens or carbonarius, named from the color of its back.
- noun A fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of the family Anoplopomatidæ, found in the North Pacific.
- noun The pollack, Pollachius virens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The pollock; -- called also,
coalsey ,colemie ,colmey ,coal whiting , etc. Seepollock . - noun The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.
- noun The cobia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of several
blackish fish , especially thepollack orsablefish
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Examples
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At one luncheon buffet, I counted 14 varieties, including lox, tuna salad, smoked mackerel, salmon with peppers, smoked Greenland halibut, coalfish with asparagus and several shellfish salads.
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At one luncheon buffet, I counted 14 varieties, including lox, tuna salad, smoked mackerel, salmon with peppers, smoked Greenland halibut, coalfish with asparagus and several shellfish salads.
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Folk living fair at the edge of the sea might occasionally bring home a string of haddock and coalfish, enough for a single boiling, but with none left over for the following day.
The Road Leads On 2003
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The christmas cookies for the tropical fishes, turtles and sharks are made of coalfish instead of pastry.
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