dorado noun. [dǝ'rɑ:dǝʊ] Pl. -os. E17.
[Spanish = gilded, from late Latin deauratus pa. pple of deaurare gild over: see DORY noun¹.]
1. A dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, noted for its splendid blue-green and silver colours and fast speed and caught as a sporting and food fish; = DOLPHIN 1b. E17.

2. (Usu. Dorado.) (The name of) a small constellation of the southern hemisphere, between Pictor and Reticulum; the Swordfish. L17.

3. A carplike game-fish, Salminus maxillosus, of the characin family, found in S. American rivers and of a golden colour. L19.

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