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dodo (iou)



dodo noun. Pl. -o(e)s. E17.
[Portuguese doudo simpleton, fool.]
A large flightless bird, Raphus cucullatus, with stumpy wings, which inhabited Mauritius until it became extinct in the 17th cent. E17.
dead as a dodo, dead as the dodo: see DEAD adjective. solitary dodo: see SOLITARY adjective.
An old-fashioned, stupid, or inactive person or institution. colloq. L19.