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Dorado

Syllabification: (Do·ra·do)
Pronunciation: /dəˈrädō/
Astronomy
Definition of Dorado
  • a southern constellation (the Goldfish), containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • (as genitive Doradus /dəˈrädəs/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star R Doradus

Origin:

Spanish (see dorado)

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