Hake vs. Pollock

Hake vs. Pollock — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hake and Pollock

Hakenoun

Any of various marine food fishes chiefly of the genera Merluccius and Urophycis, closely related to and resembling the cods.

Pollocknoun

Any of various marine food fishes of the genera Pollachius and Theragra, closely related to the cod, especially T. chalcogramma of northern Pacific waters, often used for manufactured fish products.

Hakenoun

A hook; a pot-hook.

Pollocknoun

Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

Hakenoun

A kind of weapon; a pike.

Pollockverb

To fish for pollock.

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Hakenoun

(in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Pollockverb

To splatter, as with paint.

Hakenoun

One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

Pollocknoun

United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)

Hakenoun

A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Pollocknoun

lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

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Hakeverb

To loiter; to sneak.

Pollocknoun

important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

Hakenoun

the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod

Hakenoun

any of several marine food fishes related to cod