cory

plural cories · plural corys

1. Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.

   All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine. There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.

   1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc (Usenet)

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of corey (“penis”).

1. An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.

   On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory, Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.

   2005, Robert L. Fried, The Game of School, Jossey-bass, →ISBN, page 42

3. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori, masculine equivalent Corey.
4. A diminutive of the female given names Cora and Corinne and similar sounding names.

   I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —

   1998, Robyn Amos, Into the Night, →ISBN, page 61

   1 more example

   Corazon "Cory" Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.

   1991, Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 58

5. PhilippinesA diminutive of the female given name Corazón, from Spanish.