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Webster 1913 Edition

Dodo

Do′do

,
Noun.
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dodo

DODO

,
Noun.
The Didus, a genus of fowls of the gallinaceous order. The hooded dodo is large than a swan, with a strong hooked bill. The general color of the plumage is cinereous; the belly and thighs whitish. The head is large, and seems as if covered with a hood. The solitary dodo is a large fowl, and is said to weigh sometimes forty five pounds. The plumage is gray and brown mixed.

Definition 2024

dodó

dodó

See also: dodo, Dodo, dodô, dödö, and do do

Portuguese

Noun

dodó m (plural dodós)

  1. (Portugal) Alternative form of dodô

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