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do·ry 1
(dôr′ē)n. pl. do·ries
A small, narrow, flatbottom fishing boat with high sides and a sharp prow.
[Perhaps from Miskito dori, duri.]
do·ry 2
(dôr′ē)n. pl. do·ries
Any of various marine fishes of the order Zeiformes, having a spiny dorsal fin and a laterally compressed oval body, especially the John Dory.
[Middle English dorre, from Old French doree, from feminine past participle of dorer, to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin aurum, gold.]
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dory
(ˈdɔːrɪ)n, pl -ries
1. (Animals) any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body
[C14: from French dorée gilded, from dorer to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre, ultimately from Latin aurum gold]
dory
(ˈdɔːrɪ)n, pl -ries
(Nautical Terms) US and Canadian a flat-bottomed rowing boat with a high bow, stern, and sides
[C18: from Mosquito (an American Indian language of Honduras and Nicaragua) dóri dugout]
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do•ry1
(ˈdɔr i, ˈdoʊr i)n., pl. -ries.
a small boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
[1700–10, Amer.]
do•ry2
(ˈdɔr i, ˈdoʊr i)n., pl. -ries.
[1400–50; late Middle English dorre, dorray < Middle French doree, feminine past participle of dorer to gild]
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| Noun | 1. |  dory - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelledoarlock, rowlock, thole, tholepin, peg, pin - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing rowing boat - a rowboat small boat - a boat that is small cross thwart, thwart - a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat wherry - light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors |
| 2. |  dory - pike-like freshwater perches pike perch, pike-perch - any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family blue pickerel, blue pike, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum - variety inhabiting the Great Lakes | |
| 3. | dory - marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters family Zeidae, Zeidae - a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi John Dory, Zeus faber - European dory acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays |
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