dorado


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dorado /dəˈrɑːdəʊ/
noun (pl. dorados)
  • 1 a large edible fish of warm seas, with silver and bright blue or green coloration. [Coryphaena hippurus.]
  • 2 a South American freshwater game fish with a golden body and red fins. [Salminus maxillosus.]
– origin C17: from Sp., lit. ‘gilded’.
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