dory
noun/ˈdɔːri/
/ˈdɔːri/
(plural dories)
- a narrow fish that has a deep body and that can open its mouth very wideTopics Fish and shellfishc2Word Originlate Middle English: from French dorée, feminine past participle of dorer ‘gild’, from late Latin deaurare ‘gild over’, based on Latin aurum ‘gold’.
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