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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DODO, n. The Didus, a genus of fowls of the gallinaceous order. The hooded dodo is large than a swan, with a strong hooked bill. The general color of the plumage is cinereous; the belly and thighs whitish. The head is large, and seems as if covered with a hood. The solitary dodo is a large fowl, and is said to weigh sometimes forty five pounds. The plumage is gray and brown mixed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil]
2: extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons [syn: dodo, Raphus cucullatus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural dodoes or dodos) Etymology: Portuguese doudo, from doudo silly, stupid Date: 1628 1. a. an extinct heavy flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus syn. Didus ineptus of the family Raphidae) of the island of Mauritius that was larger than a turkey and was related to the pigeon b. an extinct flightless bird (Raphus solitarius) of the island of Réunion similar to and closely related to the dodo 2. a. one hopelessly behind the times b. a stupid person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os or -oes) 1 any large flightless bird of the extinct family Raphidae, formerly native to Mauritius. 2 an old-fashioned, stupid, or inactive person. Phrases and idioms: as dead as the (or a) dodo 1 completely or unmistakably dead. 2 entirely obsolete. Etymology: Port. doudo simpleton

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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["o]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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dodos, or dodoes) 1. A dodo was a very large bird that was unable to fly. Dodos are now extinct. N-COUNT 2. If you refer to someone as a dodo, you think they are foolish or silly. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT [disapproval]

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

his uncle

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dronte.

Moby Thesaurus

Methuselah, antediluvian, antique, back number, boob, conservative, dad, dimwit, dolt, dummy, elder, fogy, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, granny, has-been, idiot, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian, moron, mossback, nitwit, numskull, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman, old-timer, patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, simpleton, square, starets, traditionalist