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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dodo \Do"do\, n.; 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dodo
       n 1: someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: {fogy}, {fogey},
             {fossil}]
       2: extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to
          pigeons [syn: {Raphus cucullatus}]
       [also: {dodoes} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "dodo":
     Methuselah, antediluvian, antique, back number, boob, conservative,
     dad, dimwit, dolt, dummy, elder, fogy, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy,
     granny, has-been, idiot, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian, moron,
     mossback, nitwit, numskull, old believer, old crock, old dodo,
     old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman, old-timer,
     patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic,
     simpleton, square, starets, traditionalist
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Dodo
     amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1).
     
       (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's
     three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with
     Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4.
     
       (3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of
     David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:24).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Dodo, his uncle
  

















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