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greenling
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
greenling \greenling\ n. [1400-1450] any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos. [WordNet 1.5] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.)
(a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius
virens}). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait,
leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.
(b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
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