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# dodo

«dodo» in Mova's school dictionary: **The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a dodo, dodos or dodoes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; it became extinct after sailors arrived and hunted it, and brought animals that ate its eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#m1)

2) «As dead as a dodo» means completely gone or finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#m2)

3) (informal) A dodo can mean an old-fashioned or silly person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons the dodo is the most famous example of extinction caused by humans: it had no natural predators, so it was not afraid of people. Pupils learn how island animals are at risk and why conservation matters. In stories, a Dodo appears in «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland». In everyday talk, «dead as a dodo» means something has totally ended.

### examples

- The dodo lived only on the island of Mauritius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x1)
- The dodo could not fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x2)
- Dodos became extinct soon after sailors arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x3)
- The dodo was not afraid of people, so it was easy to catch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x4)
- A Dodo runs a race in «Alice in Wonderland». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x5)
- That old game is as dead as a dodo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x6)
- We saw a model of a dodo in the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/#x7)

### note

Plural «dodos» or «dodoes». Myth: the dodo was not stupid or clumsy; it just had never met dangerous animals. It was a kind of pigeon, a very large one.

### In the corpora

- [The dodo was not stupid; it had lived with no hunters, so it had no reason to fear people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/7/)
- [The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/8/)
- [Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.738/)
- [And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.484/)
- [Also the mighty men of valour: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.499/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dodo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.