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English Dictionary: Dorado by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dorado
n
  1. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus
            {Coryph[91]na}.
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