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dodo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈdəʊdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Dutch dodaars. First attested in the 17th century.

Meanings

1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
   • Within a very few years after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this fox will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth. 1839, Charles Darwin, chapter IX, in The Voyage of the Beagle:
   • Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful of individuals in the 1970s were the last remaining trees from seeds that passed through a dodo in the 1690s-1700s when they went extinct. 2017 May 3, Mark Carnall, “Finding zombies, ghosts and Elvis in the fossil record”, in The Guardian:
   • In spite of the most active search, during the last century, no information respecting the dodo was obtained, and some authors have gone so far as to pretend that it never existed; […] 1835, Charles Lyell, chapter XLI, in Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book III, pages 133–134:
2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
3. A hole in one.
   • "Most of the aces weren't on holes I would have liked to have made them on," confessed Colk, who dropped his fifth dodo of 1935 on December 29, which was believed at the time to be a record for most aces in a year. 2012, Arv Olson, Backspin: 120 Years of Golf in British Columbia, page 253:

Forms

Deriveds

dodoness · go the way of the dodo bird · dodo tree · dead as a dodo · go the way of the dodo · little dodo · dodoesque · as dead as a dodo · dodo bird · dodoism · dodolike

Relateds

ratite · didine

Translations (77)

ja ドードー (Raphus cucullatus) · th โดโด้ (Raphus cucullatus) · nl walgvogel (Raphus cucullatus) · fr dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · no dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · mfe dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · he דודו (Raphus cucullatus) · io dronto (Raphus cucullatus) · tr Mauritius dodosu (Raphus cucullatus) · ro dront (Raphus cucullatus) · ru дронт (Raphus cucullatus) · sv fossil (old-fashioned person or institution) · chr ᏙᏙ (Raphus cucullatus) · cs blboun nejapný (Raphus cucullatus) · pl mastodont (old-fashioned person or institution) · cmn 愚鳩 /愚鸠 (Raphus cucullatus) · pt dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · es dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · bg додо (Raphus cucullatus) · mr डोडो (Raphus cucullatus) · pt dodó (Raphus cucullatus) · pl mamut (old-fashioned person or institution) · eo dronto (Raphus cucullatus) · ko 도도 (Raphus cucullatus) · nl dodo (old-fashioned person or institution) · ta டூடூ (Raphus cucullatus) · es dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · oc dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · hi डोडो (Raphus cucullatus) · de Dudu (Raphus cucullatus) · hi गीध (Raphus cucullatus) · ckb دۆدۆ (Raphus cucullatus) · it dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · nl dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · sh dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · fr fossile (old-fashioned person or institution) · cmn 孤鴿 /孤鸽 (Raphus cucullatus) · pl dinozaur (old-fashioned person or institution) · ur ڈو ڈو (Raphus cucullatus) · cmn 嘟嘟鳥 /嘟嘟鸟 (Raphus cucullatus) · as ড’ড’ (Raphus cucullatus) · pl dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · sh додо (Raphus cucullatus) · it dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · el δοδώ (Raphus cucullatus) · pt dodô (Raphus cucullatus) · fi dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · eo dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · fr dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · ro pasărea dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · de Doudo (Raphus cucullatus) · sw doda (Raphus cucullatus) · hu dodó (Raphus cucullatus) · sv dront (Raphus cucullatus) · ar دُودُو (Raphus cucullatus) · fi fossiili (old-fashioned person or institution) · cmn 毛里求斯渡渡鳥 (Raphus cucullatus) · la raphus cucullatus (Raphus cucullatus) · cmn 渡渡鳥 /渡渡鸟 (Raphus cucullatus) · fi drontti (Raphus cucullatus) · hu dodógalamb (Raphus cucullatus) · el ντόντο (Raphus cucullatus) · pl dront dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · ta டோடோ (Raphus cucullatus) · ru додо́ (Raphus cucullatus) · ia dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · da dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · tr dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · de Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · el διδώ (Raphus cucullatus) · is dúdúfugl (Raphus cucullatus) · de Dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · et dodo (Raphus cucullatus) · cs dronte mauricijský (Raphus cucullatus) · no dronte (Raphus cucullatus) · et dront (Raphus cucullatus) · cs dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

dodo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”).

Meanings

1. (Nigeria, uncountable) Fried plantain.
   • Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices and fried to a crispy golden brown. 2015, Kemi Quinn, African Dishes Made Easy:
   • Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos. 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen: A Novel:
   • One popular Nigerian dish is fried plantain, which is called “dodo.” 2018, Remmi Smith, The Healthy Teen Cookbook: Around the World In 80 Fantastic Recipes:

Deriveds

gizdodo