any of several species of flightless birds that inhabited the islands off the southeastern coast of Africa (now extinct); stupid and graceless person
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Dodo Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
dodo
\do"do\ (?), n.; pl. dodoes (#). [said to be fr. pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. booby); this is fr. prov. e. dold, the same word as e. dolt.] (zo?l.) 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.
dodo
n
1. (informal) someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: fogy, fogey, fossil]
2. extinct heavy flightless bird of mauritius related to pigeons [syn: raphus cucullatus]
dodo
amatory; loving.
1. a descendant of issachar (judg. 10:1).
2. an ahohite, father of eleazar, who was one of david's three heroes (2 sam. 23:9; 1 chr. 11:12). he was the same with dodai mentioned in 1 chr. 27:4.
3. a bethlehemite, and father of elhanan, who was one of david's thirty heroes (2 sam. 23:24).
dodo
his uncle
Meaning
Unambiguously and unequivocally dead.
Origin
The dodo was a flightless bird somewhat like a turkey. It was native to Mauritius and the last live specimen was seen in 1681. The extinction of the species is attributed to the introduction of domestic animals to Mauritius. Mind you biologists thought that coelacanths had been extinct for 70 million years until 1938 when fishermen of South Africa were found to have been regularly catching and eating them.
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Origin
The dodo was a flightless bird somewhat like a turkey. It was native to Mauritius and the last live specimen was seen in 1681. The extinction of the species is attributed to the introduction of domestic animals to Mauritius. Mind you biologists thought that coelacanths had been extinct for 70 million years until 1938 when fishermen of South Africa were found to have been regularly catching and eating them.
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Noun
1. someone whose style is out of fashion
(synonym) fogy, fogey, fossil
(hypernym) oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
(classification) colloquialism
2. extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
(synonym) Raphus cucullatus
(hypernym) columbiform bird
(member-holonym) Raphus, genus Raphus
Dodo Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. It stood about a metre (3.3 feet) tall, weighing about . The species lost the ability to fly because food on Mauritius was abundant and mammalian predators were absent. It was related to pigeons and doves, and its closest relative was the Rodrigues Solitaire, which is also extinct. The external features of the dodo are only known from paintings and written accounts from the 17th century, but because these vary considerably, and only a few sketches are known to have been drawn from life, mystery remains over its exact appearance. The same is true of its habitat and behavior.
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Ricardo Lucas, known as Dodô (born 2 May 1974 in São Paulo), is a retired Brazilian footballer who played striker.
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was a retainer of the Rokkaku clan until 1558, when he launched a rebellion.
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Dodo Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
A bowling ball over the legal weight or out of legal balance.
Dodo Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4. (3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:24).
(loving).
→ A man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty captains. (2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26) He is a different person from
→ DODO THE Ahohite, father of Eleazar, the second of the three mighty men who were over the thirty. (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12) (B.C. before 1046).
his uncle
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About