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John Dory

  [dawr-ee, dohr-ee]
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–noun, plural John Dories.
any fish of the family Zeidae, esp. Zeus faber, of European seas, having a vertically compressed body and long spines in the dorsal fin.
Origin:
1600–10; see dory 2 ; jocular formation
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John Dory  
n.  Either of two North Atlantic fish (Zeus faber or Z. ocellata) having a laterally compressed body and long spines on the dorsal fin.

[The name John + dory2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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