dorado
Tropical golden swimmer
Dorado refers to a large, brightly colored fish prized by sport fishermen, also called mahi-mahi or dolphinfish.
The name comes from Spanish for "golden," describing its iridescent yellow-green coloring.
Dorado is also the name of a southern constellation containing the Large Magellanic Cloud.
In legend, El Dorado was a mythical city of gold sought by Spanish conquistadors.
Tropical sport fish, edible
- dolphinfishTropical sport fish
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- catchSeize or snag
angler · marine · ocean · gamefish · sport fishing · offshore · tackle · reel
Traditional explanatory tale
- lost citySettlement swallowed by time
- conquistadorSpanish colonial soldier-explorer
- goldElement seventy-nine
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
expedition · Spanish · Amazon · quest · riches · New World · explorer · colonial
Softly bright, reflective
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- radiantEmitting light or joy
brilliant · glittering · burnished · resplendent · metallic · sun-kissed · glinting · luminous
Luminous astronomical object
- southernToward the sunbelt
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- celestialOf the sky above
- swordfishFish with blade-like bill
Mensa · stargazing · night sky · hemisphere · navigation · Bayer · stellar
mahi-mahi
Tropical sport fish, edible
- dolphinfishTropical sport fish
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- trollingProvoking reactions online
catch · angler · marine · ocean · gamefish · sport fishing · offshore · tackle · reel · rod
myth
Traditional explanatory tale
- lost citySettlement swallowed by time
- conquistadorSpanish colonial soldier-explorer
- goldElement seventy-nine
treasure · expedition · Spanish · Amazon · quest · riches · New World · explorer · colonial · Orinoco
lustrous
Softly bright, reflective
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
radiant · brilliant · glittering · burnished · resplendent · metallic · sun-kissed · glinting · luminous · shiny
star
Luminous astronomical object
swordfish · Mensa · stargazing · night sky · hemisphere · navigation · Bayer · stellar
doradodolphin
Echolocating marine mammal
bottlenose dolphin · porpoise · marine mammal · cetacean · whale
doradowasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
dystopia · purgatory · the void · lost cause
doradotrash fish
Commercially undesirable catch
rough fish · bycatch · carp · sucker · bottom feeder
- El DoradoFabled golden city