JOHN DORY


Meaning of JOHN DORY in English

/dawr"ee, dohr"ee/ , pl. John Dories .

any fish of the family Zeidae, esp. Zeus faber, of European seas, having a vertically compressed body and long spines in the dorsal fin.

[ 1600-10; see DORY 2 ; jocular formation ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .