'greenling' definitions:

Definition of 'greenling'

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noun
Food fish of the northern Pacific

Definition of 'greenling'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'greenling'

From: GCIDE
  • greenling \greenling\ n. [1400-1450] any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos. [WordNet 1.5]

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