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US
/ˈdɔɹi/
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[ UK /dˈɔːɹi/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔːɹi/ ]
NOUN
- marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
- a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- pike-like freshwater perches
How To Use dory In A Sentence
- Yes, everything seems hunky-dory for good old Angela!
- Another diver in the party spotted a John Dory, and these appear to be quite common in the area.
- First, it tells me that the outboard on the dory used by the Scottish divers kept stopping and the dory drifted away from the wreck.
- Nemo, Dory and Marlin conclude their dangerous journey, searching for a way to rescue their dying reef! Boom! Studios Sneak Peek for the Week of November 4, 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
- This shitstorm is the direct and predictable result of conservative ideology: the belief that all the evil in the world results from evil dictators running strong governments, and that if you just invade, kill the dictator, and eviscerate the government, and send in big corporate cronies on multibillion-dollar contracts to build oil refineries and gated housing complexes, then everything else will be just hunky-dory and you’ll have Southern California in no time. Matthew Yglesias » Stabbing and Backs
- That's not to say everything is hunky-dory.
- Just as you always do when everything's hunky-dory, hey Rene?
- The fish and shell-fish (John Dory, red mullet, cuttle-fish, lobster, whiting, muraena, and mussels) which compose it are served on toast. The Gourmet's Guide to Europe
- You go out and for three or four pints it is all hunky-dory, then things start to deteriorate.
- DTI-Region 12 has been promoting Pangasius hypopthalmus, also called dory or sutchi fish, starting in the third quarter of 2008. MindaNews Feeds