noun
dories
• Syn: ↑order Zeomorphi
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑superorder Acanthopterygii
• Member Meronyms: ↑Zeidae, ↑family Zeidae, ↑Caproidae, ↑family Caproidae
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmȯrˌfī\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a small order of marine bony fishes that in some respects are intermediate between the Berycomorphi and Percomorphi and that include the John Dorys and a few related forms
Useful english dictionary. 2012.