dodo

dodo

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

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dodo

[′dō‚dō]

(engineering)

A rectangular groove cut across the grain of a board.

(vertebrate zoology)

Raphus calcullatus. A large, flightless, extinct bird of the family Raphidae.

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dodo

large, flightless bird exterminated on Mauritius. [Ecology: Wallechinsky, 131]

See: Extinction

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