n. 1. See dolphinfish. 2. Dorado A constellation of the Southern Hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor, containing a great portion of the large Magellanic Cloud. [Spanish, dolphin (fish), from Late Latin deaurātus, past participle of deaurāre, to gild; see DORY2.] |
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