lythe

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lythe - 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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  Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac]th), n. (Zool.)
     The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
     [Scot.]
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  Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac][th]), a. [See Lithe, a.]
     Soft; flexible. [Obs.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster] Lythonthriptic