dodo

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noun pl. dodos or dodoes

  1. a large extinct bird (Raphus cucullatus) that had rudimentary wings useless for flying: formerly found on Mauritius
    1. an old-fashioned person; fogy
    2. Slang a stupid person; dullard

Origin: Port doudo, lit., foolish, stupid

See dodo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. do·does or do·dos
  1. A large, clumsy, flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus), formerly of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, that has been extinct since the late 17th century.
  2. Informal One who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas.
  3. Informal A stupid person; an idiot.

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese dodó

Origin: , alteration of obsolete Dutch dodors

Origin: : Dutch dot, tuft of feathers

Origin: + obsolete Dutch ors, tail (from Middle Dutch ǽrs; see ors- in Indo-European roots)

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