JOHN DORY

[John Do.ry] n, pl John Dories [earlier dory, fr. ME dorre, fr. MF doree, lit., gilded one] (1754): a common yellow to olive food fish (Zeus faber) of Europe and Africa with an oval compressed body, long dorsal spines, and a dark spot on each side; also: a closely related and possibly identical fish (Z. capensis) widely distributed in southern seas