dorado
n. C / Un. a large, colorful sea fish that lives in warm waters and is popular for eating. It is also known as mahi-mahi or a dolphin fish.
n. a large, predatory marine fish of the genus Coryphaena, found in tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Often referred to as mahi-mahi in culinary contexts to avoid confusion with the dolphin mammal.
The restaurant serves grilled dorado with a side of lemon.
Anglers often travel to the Caribbean specifically to catch dorado because of their strength and vibrant colors.
The dorado is highly prized by commercial and recreational fishers alike for its firm, white flesh and its tendency to congregate around floating debris in the open ocean.
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato (“gilded, golden”), ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō (“to gild”).
The plural can be either 'dorado' or 'dorados'.