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Meanings of dory in English

Catalan
vitreus
Spanish
lucioperca americana
Wikidata

Pike-like freshwater perches.

        vitreus
        Portuguese
        bote
        Catalan
        barca de rems

        A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.

              bote
              Usage of dory in English
              1
              She stooped over the dory and lifted the baby in her arms.
              Further Chronicles of Avonlea
              2
              Mr. Murray and Braithwaite were standing by the skids, watching the dory.
              Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
              3
              They clambered aboard the dory and took their places at the oars.
              Amagansett
              4
              He has to take a dory to Dutch Harbor to get food.
              The Silver Horde
              5
              Will you take me out for a little row in the dory?
              Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
              6
              Besides, his color now matched that of the dory's with startling exactness.
              Horses Nine / Stories of Harness and Saddle
              7
              So is he right: is everything hunky-dory now in the EU?
              Radio NZ
              8
              The dory was near-vertical when Antton leapt clear, passing by Conrad's right shoulder.
              Amagansett
              9
              Snuffy stared at the dory blankly until it was lost in the gloom.
              Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
              10
              He pulled in his oars and let the dory float amid the ripples.
              Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
              11
              There's no point sweeping it under the carpet and saying everything's hunky dory.
              The Guardian
              12
              The gharry rolled and careened like a dory in a squall.
              The Adventures of Kathlyn
              13
              It was about a 14-foot dory-nosmaller one in the flotilla.
              The U-boat hunters
              14
              He addressed himself to the oars, and the dory grated on the shore.
              The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
              15
              Crime in Joburg is not known to be all hunky dory.
              The South African
              16
              And when I did, everything was hunky-dory and Darragh was welcome to return.
              The Irish Times
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