Dorado
A map of Dorado; the area marked LMC is the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Meaning
Proper Noun
- A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Related
Similar words
- Xiphias
Origin
- Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato, ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō.
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