Dodo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dodo	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Dodo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodo n someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil] extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons Synonym(s): dodo, Raphus cucullatus
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[94]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 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