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(dō′dō)n.pl.

do·does or do·dos

1. A large flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus) with a hooked beak that inhabited the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until it became extinct in the late 1600s.

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 Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.

[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

(ˈdəʊdəʊ) n, pldodosordodoes

1. (Animals) any flightless bird, esp Raphus cucullatus, of the recently extinct family Raphidae of Mauritius and adjacent islands: order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc). They had a hooked bill, short stout legs, and greyish plumage. See also ratite

2. informal an intensely conservative or reactionary person who is unaware of changing fashions, ideas, etc

3. (as) dead as a dodo (of a person or thing) irretrievably defunct or out of date

ˈdodoismn

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do•do

(ˈdoʊ doʊ)
n., pl. -dos, -does.

1. a large, extinct, flightless bird, Raphus cucullatus, of the pigeon family, formerly inhabiting Mauritius.

[1620–30; < Portuguese doudo, fool, madman]

dodo

- Comes from Portuguese doudo, 'fool, simpleton,' from the bird's awkward appearance.

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 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

dronte

dodo

dododrontti

dodo

dodo

[ˈdəʊdəʊ]N (dodos or dodoes (pl))

2. (US) (= fool) → bobo/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dodo

[ˈdəʊdəʊ] [dodoes] (pl

) n

(= silly person) → andouillef

dodo

(US inf: = silly person) → Trottelm (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dodo

[ˈdəʊdəʊ]n

a. (Zool) → dodo
as dead as a dodo → morto/a e sepolto/a

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