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Word: Dory
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from French dorée, feminine past participle of dorer ‘gild’, from late Latin deaurare ‘gild over’, based on Latin aurum ‘gold’. Compare with dorado
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɔːri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a narrow deep-bodied fish with a mouth that can be opened very wide.
Short Definition:narrow deep-bodied fish with mouth that can be opened very wide
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