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What is a dodo?

What is a dodo? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
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The film is presented for the welfare of the world by the cheetah, the passenger pigeon and the dodo, which have become extinct.
The early casualties of this phenomenon were mostly isolated populations like the dodo of Mauritius and the Steller's sea cow.
First described by explorers around 1600, the dodo was extinct fewer than 80 years later.
In fact, the upstairs bar was as dead as a dodo, but the downstairs bar, facing the diners, was even more convenient.
One of her donations to the museum is reputed to be the only egg in existence of the extinct, flightless dodo bird.
The tam is thought to have evolved to survive passage through the gullet of the island's biggest, flightless bird, the dodo.

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