Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the genus Didus or family Dididœ; being or resembling a dodo.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or pertaining to dodos
  • adjective figuratively Extinct.
  • adjective figuratively Obsolete. Old-fashioned. Out of date. No longer in common use or practice.
  • adjective figuratively Very old or having very old-fashioned views and unwilling to change or adapt.

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Examples

  • W cygnine swan W anatine duck 1862-1893 dacelonine kingfisher W OOsW didine dodo 1885 OW avine bird 1881 OW falconine falcon OW buteonine buzzard fringilline finch 1874 -

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1 1977

  • What of didine, megacerine, and other adjectives for animals prehistoric, extinct, or both?

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1 1977

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    Maigret In Exile Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1942

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