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Definition of dory noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dory

noun

/ˈdɔːri/

/ˈdɔːri/

(plural dories)

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a narrow fish that has a deep body and that can open its mouth very wideTopics Fish and shellfishc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from French dorée, feminine past participle of dorer ‘gild’, from late Latin deaurare ‘gild over’, based on Latin aurum ‘gold’.

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