sillock

Noun

(plural sillocks)

(Scotland) The pollock or coalfish.

Origin

From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) +‎ -ock, cognate with Swedish dialectal sil (“the young of fish, fry”), Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile.

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COAL-FISH (Gadus vixens), also called green cod, black pollack, saith and sillock, a fish of the family Gadidae.

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