armado

plural armados · plural armadoes

1. obsoleteObsolete form of armada (“fleet of warships”).
2. obsoleteA catfish of the genus Silurus.

   The erizo, or water hedge-hog, is very like the armado, but not quite so large.

   1774, Thomas Falkner, A Description of Patagonia, And The Adjoining Parts of South America

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   The armado is a thick strong fish with a short body. It is about a foot in length, and generally weighs from four to six pounds. A small part of the belly is cartilaginous, except which the fish is covered with hard thick bone.

   1820, Samuel Hull Wilcocke, History & Description of the Republic of Buenos Ayres, page 481