Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus) with a hooked beak that inhabited the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until it became extinct in the late 1600s.
- noun Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.
- noun Informal A stupid person; an idiot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A recently extinct bird of Mauritius, Didus ineptus, the type of the family Dididæ and suborder Didi, now usually assigned to the order Columbæ.
- noun [This is the earliest known English mention of the bird.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large, extinct bird (
Didus ineptus ), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called alsodronte . It was related to the pigeons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large, flightless
bird , Raphus cucullatus, related to thepigeon , that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native toMauritius . - noun figuratively A person or organisation which is very old or has very
old-fashioned views or is not willing to change andadapt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone whose style is out of fashion
- noun extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This previously unpublished drawing of a dodo is an important and interesting addition to the known images of this iconic extinct bird.
Dutch School Dronte 2010
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Anyway, back to the dodos, the dodo is the “star” of the article about extinct birds at Wikipedia and the Coat of arms of Mauritius has a dodo!
The Dodo Blog 2006
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Sad dodo is too sad, better keep only on the 3 previous emotions.
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Anyway, the dodo is cute and I wanted to share it.
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Update: as you can see, the dodo is back with images, finally!
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He keeps six lovers, a time-travelling pet dodo from the past and a constantly inebriated brain.
An Interview with Johanna Sinisalo marshallpayne1 2009
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March 26th, 2007 at 5: 11 am dodo is an exticnt animal. .i wish to hab more information about the exticnt … … … … … … …
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The same learned authority suggests that dodo is a corruption of Dodaars, but, as will presently be seen, we herein think him mistaken.
Dodo in 1911 2007
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Blue dodo from the removed article Is Blu-ray going the way of the dodo bird? from Home Media Magazine.
Blue Dodo 2007
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The dodo is the tragic symbol of bird extermination.
bilby commented on the word dodo
What would a dewey-eyed dodo do with two huge tubes of chewy tomato-avocado-potato stew?
September 1, 2022