dodo

UK: /ˈdəʊdəʊ/ US: /ˈdoʊdoʊ/ ,(dō′dō)

Inflections of 'dodo' (n):

dodos

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dodoes

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

do•do /ˈdoʊdoʊ/   n. [countable] , pl. -dos, -does. 

1. Birds a large, extinct, flightless bird of the pigeon family.
2. Slang Terms a dull-witted, slow-reacting person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

do•do  (dō′dō), n., pl. -dos, -does. 

1. Birds any of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
2. Slang Terms a dull-witted, slow-reacting person.
3. a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas.
4. a thing that is outmoded or obsolete.

• Portuguese doudo, fool, madman (of uncertain origin, originally); the bird apparently so called from its clumsy appearance
• 1620–30

do′do•ism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

dodo / ˈdəʊdəʊ/ noun (dodos, dodoes)

1. any flightless bird, esp Raphus cucullatus, of the recently extinct family Raphidae of Mauritius and adjacent islands: order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc). They had a hooked bill, short stout legs, and greyish plumage
   See also ratite
2. an intensely conservative or reactionary person who is unaware of changing fashions, ideas, etc
3. (as) dead as a dodo ⇒ (of a person or thing) irretrievably defunct or out of date

Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese doudo, from doudo stupid