dodo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone whose style is out of fashion
    fogey; fogy; fossil.
  2. noun extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
    Raphus cucullatus.

WordNet

Do"do noun
Etymology
Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.
Wordforms
plural Dodoes
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913