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dodos Definition


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dodo
noun dodos, dodoes
    1. A large flightless bird of the pigeon family, about the size of a turkey, that once lived on the island of Mauritius, and became extinct around the middle of the 17c.
    2. colloq
      Any old-fashioned person or thing.
    3. colloq
      A stupid person.
Idiom: as dead as a dodo
    Extinct.
    Out-of-date; obsolete.
Etymology: 17c: from Portuguese doudo silly.



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