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Dodo Common

Dodo has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

someone whose style is out of fashion

2

extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

3

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

4

Fried plantain.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
oldster columbiform bird

Origin

The origin of "dodo" is uncertain, but it may come from the obsolete Portuguese word doudo, meaning "fool," or possibly from the Dutch dodaars. The word first appeared in English during the 17th century.

Rhyming Words
odo bodo todo podo modo kodo jodo iodo hodo rhodo frodo goodo diiodo nakodo comodo komodo onmyodo sarcodo quomodo periodo
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