Meaning

4 senses
  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

    Dodo, Dronte, Doudo

    додо́dodó, дронтdront

    extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

  2. (figuratively)A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

  3. A hole in one.

  4. (Nigeria, uncountable)Fried plantain.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The dodo is an already extinct species.

    Додо - вже зниклий вид. — Ahha

    ruМаврикийский дронт - это уже вымерший вид птицы. — Lenin_1917

  2. The dodo is an extinct animal.

    ruДодо — вымершее животное. — marafon

    deDer Dodo ist ein ausgestorbenes Tier. — Yorwba

  3. If we're not careful, the tiger will soon go the way of the dodo.

  4. We're at a boutique called "Dodo."

  5. The dodo is the national bird of Mauritius.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Raphus cucullatus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Raphus cucullatus:

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Du

Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Dutch dodaars. First attested in the 17th century.

Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”).

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Forms

plural: dodoes / dodos
Singulardodo
Pluraldodoes / dodos

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons:Raphus cucullatus
  • someone whose style is out of fashion:fogyfogeyfossil

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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