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dorado

do·ra·do [ də rdō ] (plural do·ra·dos or do·ra·do)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. fish 
Same as  dolphin (sense 2)


2. S American fish: a fish resembling a salmon. Native to: South America.  Genus Salminus.

[Early 17th century. Via Spanish, literally "gilded" < late Latin deauratus, past participle of deaurare (see dory2)]
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