1. A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
   "They took a dory out on the lake for a peaceful afternoon";
   - dinghy, rowboat [N. Amer], rowing boat [Brit]
    
2. Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
   "The fishermen caught several dories in their deep-sea nets"
    
3. Pike-like freshwater perches
   "Dories are often found in slow-moving rivers";
   - walleye, walleyed pike, jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum

Derived forms: dories

Type of: acanthopterygian, pike perch, pike-perch, small boat, spiny-finned fish

Part of: family Zeidae, Zeidae

Encyclopedia: Dory, Jonathan