dorado Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud

WordNet

Do*ra"do noun
Etymology
Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.
  2. (Zoöl.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphæna.

Webster 1913