John Dory

noun

An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.

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St PierrePeter's fishSt. Peter's fishZeus faber
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Meanings

nounJohn Dory (plural John Dories)

plural John Dories

  1. An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.

    Synonyms: St Pierre, Peter's fish, St. Peter's fish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.

Similar
St PierrePeter's fishSt. Peter's fish

More synonyms by meaning

nounEuropean dory

Similar
Zeus faber
Broader
dory

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Unknown, many theories exist. See the Wikipedia article on John Dory for more.

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Translations

Afrikaans jandorie
  • jandorieedible marine fish
Arabic ضوري مذهب
  • ضوري مذهبedible marine fish
Basque muxumartin
  • muxumartinedible marine fish
Catalan gall
  • galledible marine fish
Chinese Mandarin 魴魚 /鲂鱼
  • 魴魚 /鲂鱼 (fāngyú)edible marine fish
Dutch zonnevis
  • zonnevisedible marine fish
Esperanto zeŭso
  • zeŭsoedible marine fish
Finnish pietarinkala
  • pietarinkalaedible marine fish
French saint-pierre, dorée
  • saint-pierreedible marine fish
  • doréeedible marine fish
  • zéeedible marine fish
German Petersfisch
  • Petersfischedible marine fish
Greek χριστόψαρο
  • χριστόψαρο (christópsaro)edible marine fish
Hebrew מוריגן הכתם
  • מוריגן הכתםedible marine fish
Hungarian kakashal
  • kakashaledible marine fish
Icelandic pétursfiskur
  • pétursfiskuredible marine fish
Italian sampietro
  • sampietroedible marine fish
Japanese マトウダイ
  • マトウダイedible marine fish
Korean 달고기
  • 달고기 (dalgogi)edible marine fish
Māori kuparu
  • kuparuedible marine fish
Polish piotrosz, paszczak
  • piotroszedible marine fish
  • paszczakedible marine fish
Portuguese peixe-galo, peixe-de-são-pedro
  • peixe-galoedible marine fish
  • peixe-de-são-pedroedible marine fish
Romanian dulgher mare
  • dulgher mareedible marine fish
Russian со́лнечник
  • со́лнечник (sólnečnik)edible marine fish
Spanish pez de San Pedro
  • pez de San Pedroedible marine fish
Swedish sanktpersfisk, Sankt Pers fisk
  • sanktpersfiskedible marine fish
  • Sankt Pers fiskedible marine fish
Turkish dülger balığı
  • dülger balığıedible marine fish
Ukrainian сонцевик
  • сонцевик (soncevyk)edible marine fish
Vietnamese cá dây nhật bản
  • cá dây nhật bảnedible marine fish
Welsh pysgodyn darn arian
  • pysgodyn darn arianedible marine fish
Cite this entry
APA

John Dory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/John%20Dory

MLA

“John Dory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/John%20Dory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “John Dory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/John%20Dory.

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