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do·ry ¹  (dôr, dr)

n. pl. do·ries

A small, narrow, flatbottom fishing boat with high sides and a sharp prow.

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[Origin unknown.]

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do·ry ²  (dôr, dr)

n. pl. do·ries

1. John Dory.

2. See walleye.

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[Middle English dorre, from Old French doree, from feminine past participle of dorer, to gild, from Late Latin deaurre : Latin d-, de- + Latin aurum, gold.]

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dory¹

n pl -ries

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for walleye (the fish)

[from French dorée gilded, from dorer to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre, ultimately from Latin aurum gold]

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dory²

n pl -ries

(Transport / Nautical Terms) US and Canadian a flat-bottomed rowing boat with a high bow, stern, and sides

[from Mosquito (an American Indian language of Honduras and Nicaragua) dóri dugout]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dory - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled dinghy, rowboat oarlock, 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         jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleyed pike, walleye 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

Translations

dory¹ [ˈdɔːrɪ] N (= fish) → gallo m, pez m de San Pedro

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dory² [ˈdɔːrɪ] N (= boat) → arenera f