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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dodo n 1: (informal) someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: {fogy}, {fogey}, {fossil}, {dotard}] 2: extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons [syn: {Raphus cucullatus}] 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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