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bastard dory

bastard dory noun: an old wife: the fish Enoplosus armatus.

bastard dory: an old wife: the fish Enoplosus armatus
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Noun

bastard dory (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) An old wife: the fish Enoplosus armatus.

Origin of bastard dory

From its resemblance to a dory.

Questions about bastard dory

What does bastard dory mean?
Bastard dory means an old wife: the fish Enoplosus armatus.
What part of speech is bastard dory?
Bastard dory is a noun.

Words near bastard dory in the dictionary

  1. bastard camphor tree
  2. bastard cedar
  3. bastard cedars
  4. bastard coolibah
  5. bastard craps
  6. bastard dory
  7. bastard eel
  8. bastard eels
  9. bastard eigne
  10. bastard file
  11. bastard files

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