dodo

4 definitions found

dodo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

dodo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dodo
      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]

dodo - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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 - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "dodo":
     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