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DORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dory" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dory"):
John Dory; Zeus faber (European dory)
Holonyms ("dory" is a member of...):
family Zeidae; Zeidae (a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pike-like freshwater perches
Synonyms:
dory; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum; walleye; walleyed pike
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("dory" is a kind of...):
pike-perch; pike perch (any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dory"):
blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch; blue walleye; Strizostedion vitreum glaucum (variety inhabiting the Great Lakes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dory" is a kind of...):
small boat (a boat that is small)
Meronyms (parts of "dory"):
oarlock; peg; pin; rowlock; thole; tholepin (a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing)
cross thwart; thwart (a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dory"):
rowing boat (a rowboat)
wherry (light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors)
