greenling

3 definitions found

greenling - 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]

  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]

greenling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  greenling
      n 1: food fish of the northern Pacific