sillock

Meaning

Noun

A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.

Origin

From sill + -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl/síld, whence also dialectal Swedish sil ("the young of fish, fry") and Norwegian sil ("sand-eel"). More at sile.

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