Definition of dory Dory
/dɔˈɹi/ - [doree] - do•ry
We found 9 definitions of dory from 4 different sources.
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What does dory mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: dories |
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| dory - marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters | ||
| acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
| family zeidae, zeidae a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi | ||
| dory - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | ||
| dinghy, rowboat | ||
| small boat a boat that is small | ||
| oarlock, rowlock, thole, tholepin, peg, pin a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface | ||
| rowing boat a rowboat | ||
| cross thwart, thwart a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat | ||
| dory - pike-like freshwater perches | ||
| walleye, walleyed pike, jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum | ||
| pike-perch, pike perch any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family | ||
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Wiktionary 
- dory (Noun)
A small flat bottomed boat used for fishing both offshore and on rivers. - dory (Noun)
Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dory (n.)
A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree. - dory (n.)
The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch. - dory (n.)
A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
Part of speech
🔤- dory, noun, singular of dories.
