means A type of edible saltwater fish in the cod family, found in the North Atlantic and often used in fish products like fish sticks and processed fillets.

from A word of Scots and northern English origin, recorded by the 17th century, spelled variously as pollock, pollack, or podlock. Its deeper roots are murky — possibly tied to Scots Gaelic, though no one can say for certain. The surname Pollock, borne by the painter Jackson Pollock, comes separately from a place name in Scotland and is etymologically unrelated to the fish, despite the splattered coincidence the essence enjoys.