Complete Definition of "Dorado"

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Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From It. dorato, ultimately from L. deauratus, the past participle of deauro|deaur�, "to gild"

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. constellation A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud,

Synonyms
Xiphias

Translations

French: Dorade f
German: Schwertfisch m
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Russian: �оло�а� Р�ба
Spanish: Dorado

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