sillock
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.lək/
Noun
sillock (plural sillocks)
- (Scotland) A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.
References
- sillock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.