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Alaska pollock

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A semipelagic schooling fish, Gadus chalcogrammus (syn. Theragra chalcogramma), widely distributed in the North Pacific with largest concentrations found in the eastern Bering Sea.

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31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 黄线狭鳕 — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉斯加鱈 /阿拉斯加鳕 — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明太鱼 (míngtàiyú) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明太魚 /明太鱼 (míngtàiyú) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • French: colin d'Alaska — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • German: Pazifischer Pollack — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • German: Alaska-Pollack — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • German: Alaska-Seelachs — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • German: Pazifischer Polardorsch — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Italian: merluzzo d'Alaska — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Italian: pollack d'Alaska — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Japanese: 介党鱈 — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Japanese: 鯳 (suketōdara) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Japanese: 助宗鱈 — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Japanese: 助惣鱈 (sukesōdara) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Japanese: 明太 (mentai) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Korean: 명태 (myeongtae) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: alaskatorsk — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: theragra — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pollock — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: alaskalyr — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Polish: mintaj — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Portuguese: escamudo-do-alasca — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Russian: минта́й (mintáj) — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Spanish: abadejo de Alaska — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Spanish: colín de Alaska — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Swedish: Alaska pollock — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Swedish: stillahavsbleka — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Swedish: alaskasej — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Swedish: stillahavslyra — Gadus chalcogrammus
  • Vietnamese: cá minh thái Alaska — Gadus chalcogrammus