• Sillock

    Origin

    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.

    Full definition of sillock

    Noun

    sillock

    (plural sillocks)
    1. (Scotland) A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.
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