butterfish vs pollock

butterfish

noun
  • The sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) (the sablefish is not a true butterfish; but is called such informally) 

  • Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus. 

  • A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic. 

  • The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone. 

pollock

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

verb
  • To fish for pollock. 

  • To splatter, as with paint. 

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