Dodo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large, clumsy, flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus), formerly of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, that has been extinct since the late 17th century.
  • n. Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.
  • n. Informal A stupid person; an idiot.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A large, flightless bird, Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  • n. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A recently extinct bird of Mauritius, Didus ineptus, the type of the family Dididæ and suborder Didi, now usually assigned to the order Columbæ.
  • n. [This is the earliest known English mention of the bird.]
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone whose style is out of fashion
  • n. extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    ratite    didine   
    Variant
    dodoes    dronte   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Komodo    Quasimodo    bodo    komodo   
    Same Context
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