[syn: dodo, Raphus cucullatus]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
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
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).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Dodo, his uncle