A fish, Zeus faber, found in European seas, and much esteemed as food. Also called John Dory, n.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Zeiformes (dories) > genus Zeus > zeus faber (John Dory) (5) doryc1440 A fish, Zeus faber, found in European seas, and much esteemed as food. Also called John Dory, n. St. Peter's fish1611 In the genitive. any of several fishes having a mark on each side of the body; spec. (a) the John Dory, Zeus faber, having a single large, round… penny fisha1682 †(a) the John Dory, Zeus faber, having a single large, round, black spot on each side of the body (obsolete); (b) a small freshwater perciform fish… Peter-fisha1682 = St. Peter's fish n. at St. Peter, n. b. John Dory1729 Either of the two marine fishes of the genus Zeus (family Zeidae), with laterally compressed bodies; esp. the widespread and edible Z. faber… |
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