pollan

/ ˈpɒlən /

noun

1. any of several varieties of the whitefish Coregonus pollan that occur in lakes in Northern Ireland

Word History and Origins

Origin of pollan¹

C18: probably from Irish poll lake

Example Sentences

After he had disappeared for about an hour, his wife, Tracy Pollan, called out for him.

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Pollan declared it even then the new, yet very ancient, answer to our food dilemma.

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He's the closest Russia has to a Rick Doblin, Paul Stamets, Michael Pollan or Terence McKenna — some of the patriarchs of the so-called psychedelic renaissance.

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More recently, best-selling authors like Michael Pollan have encouraged Americans to eat fewer processed foods, less meat, and more vegetables.

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Obama and Pollan are now deemed problematic, as is the entire concept of obesity or the very ideas that what we eat may indeed shape our body size, or that body size impacts health.

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