nounWord forms: plural-lacks, -lack, -locks or -lock
a gadoid food fish, Pollachius pollachius, that has a dark green back and a projecting lower jaw and occurs in northern seas, esp the North Atlantic Ocean
Word origin
C17: from earlier Scottish podlok, of obscure origin
Pollack in British English
(ˈpɒlək)
noun
Sydney. 1934–2008, US film director. His films include Tootsie (1982), Out of Africa (1986), and The Firm (1993)