Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

john dory

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: john -do-ry
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

John Dories (plural)

Synonyms

St Pierre Peter's fish St. Peter's fish zeus faber

Questions

What does john dory mean?: An edible marine fish (Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata), having long dorsal spines.
Where does john dory come from?: Unknown, many theories exist. See the Wikipedia article on John Dory for more.

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