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dory
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum, of the Great Lakes system.
Quotations
1792
They are . . . as firm as a dory and of very good taste. . . .
1893
. . . after passing the Rapids, we got with a minnow two very game fish called dories or dorés; they being, their French name implies, of a golden hue.
1952
There was also another, smaller species of pike that was called dory. . . .