dorado

2 definitions found

dorado - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dorado \Do*ra"do\, n. [Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr.
     L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.]
     1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the
        south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes
        Xiphias, or the Swordfish.
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     2. (Zool.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryph[ae]na.
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dorado - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dorado
      n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum
           and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud