Dictionary entry

Doree

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Do″ree (?), n. [See Dory.] (Zoöl.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.

☞ The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dorée, i.e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory.