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cories

cories is the plural of cory.

Meaning of cory

Noun

cory (plural cories or 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)

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What is cories the plural of?
Cories is the plural of cory.

Words near cories in the dictionary

  1. Corias
  2. Corideo
  3. coridine
  4. Coriell
  5. Coriells
  6. cories
  7. corification
  8. corifollitropin
  9. Corigliano
  10. Coriglianos
  11. corilagin

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