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do·do  (dd)

n. pl. do·does or do·dos

1. 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.

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 Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.

3. Informal A stupid person; an idiot.

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[Portuguese dodó, alteration of obsolete Dutch dodors : Dutch dot, tuft of feathers + obsolete Dutch ors, tail (from Middle Dutch ærs; see ors- in Indo-European roots).]

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dodo

Noun

pl dodos or dodoes

1. a large extinct bird that could not fly

2. as dead as a dodo no longer existing [Portuguese duodo stupid]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dodo - someone whose style is out of fashion fogey, fogy, fossil colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person
	2.	dodo - extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons Raphus cucullatus columbiform bird - a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes genus Raphus, Raphus - type genus of the Raphidae: dodos