sillock

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/ˈsɪ.lək/

noun

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

OriginOld Norse síl →
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Meanings

nounsillock (plural sillocks)

plural sillocks

  1. ScotlandA pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.

Origin

  1. Old Norsesíl
  2. Englishsillock

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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APA

sillock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillock

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“sillock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sillock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillock.

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