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sillock.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɪ.lək/
  1. A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

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

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