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Dodo

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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. One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.

noun. A stupid person; an idiot.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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.]

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. 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 also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. A large, flightless bird, Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

noun. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

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noun. someone whose style is out of fashion

noun. extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

Word Usage

"This previously unpublished drawing of a dodo is an important and interesting addition to the known images of this iconic extinct bird."

cross-reference

didine ratite

Form

as dead as a dodo dead as a dodo dodoism go the way of the dodo

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

columbiform bird golden ager old person oldster senior citizen

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Komodo Quasimodo bodo komodo

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

activist-journalist attendre auk beacon fire clade

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Methuselah antediluvian antique back number boob

variant

dodoes dronte