dory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
    rowboat; dinghy.
  2. noun pike-like freshwater perches
    walleyed pike; walleye; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum.
  3. noun marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters

WordNet

Do"ry noun
Etymology
Named from 1st color, fr. F. dorée gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf. Aureole.
Wordforms
plural Dories
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
  2. (Zoöl.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also doré. See Pike perch.
Do"ry noun
Wordforms
plural Dories
Definitions
  1. A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.

Webster 1913