: an extinct heavy flightless bird (Raphus cucullatus synonym Didus ineptus of the family Raphidae) of the island of Mauritius that was larger than a turkey and was related to the pigeon
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: an extinct flightless bird (Raphus solitarius) of the island of Réunion similar to and closely related to the dodo
That dodo can't do anything right.
I feel like a complete dodo.
Recent Examples on the WebCreatures that would be little on the mainland, such as birds and lizards, tend to become massive in island settings—producing the 50-pound dodo and the ten-foot-long Komodo dragon, for example.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024 The national bird of Mauritius is the dodo, which was once endemic to the island.—James Rampton, theweek, 11 Apr. 2024 Wait, didn’t newsstands go the way of the dodo?
Not completely.—Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024 John Mueller argued that great-power war, like aristocratic dueling, had gone the way of the dodo.—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dodo
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