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dory

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: dory

1
 n
marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
2
 n
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: dory
1

n marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters

Types:
John Dory, Zeus faber
European dory
Type of:
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

n pike-like freshwater perches

Synonyms:
Stizostedion vitreum, jack salmon, walleye, walleyed pike
Types:
Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, blue pickerel, blue pike, blue pikeperch, blue walleye
variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
Type of:
pike perch, pike-perch
any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
2

n a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

Synonyms:
dinghy, rowboat
Types:
rowing boat
a rowboat
wherry
light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
Type of:
small boat
a boat that is small
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