dodoes
Mauritius's lost birds
Dodoes is the plural of dodo, the extinct flightless bird of Mauritius, hunted to extinction by the late 17th century.
The dodo survives as a symbol of obsolescence and stupidity—to call someone a dodo is to call them dim-witted or hopelessly behind the times: Those old dodoes in management won't approve anything new.
The alternate plural is dodos.
Indian Ocean island nation
- extinctNo longer existing
- flightlessIncapable of aerial travel
- specimenIndividual for examination
- museumPublic exhibit space
skeleton · fossils · last · disappeared · vanished · lost · gone · decimated
Bird's complete feather coat
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- hookedDeeply dependent or bent
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- wingsLimbs for flight
flightless · pigeon · waddle · plump · grey · stocky · fowl · avian
No longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- relicPreserved ancient object
dinosaur · fossil · bygone · defunct · old-fashioned · irrelevant · forgotten · passé
Mauritius
Indian Ocean island nation
- extinctNo longer existing
- flightlessIncapable of aerial travel
- specimenIndividual for examination
museum · skeleton · fossils · last · disappeared · vanished · lost · gone · decimated · hunted
plumage
Bird's complete feather coat
wings · flightless · pigeon · waddle · plump · grey · stocky · fowl · avian · ornithology
obsolete
No longer in use
- outdatedNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
relic · dinosaur · fossil · bygone · defunct · old-fashioned · irrelevant · forgotten · passé · anachronism
foolish
Lacking good sense
gullible · naive · trusting · witless · dopey · dense · dullard · ignorant · unwary · tame
dodoessurvivors
Those still alive after
cockroaches · rats · crows · invasive species · endangered species
dodoesadapters
Devices bridging incompatible formats
survivors · fittest · cockroaches · coyotes · generalists
- dodo birdExtinct flightless Mauritian fowl
- dead as a dodoTotally and irreversibly extinct
- gone the way of the dodo birdBecome extinct or obsolete
- as dead as a dodoEntirely extinct or defunct
- gone the way of the dodoBecome completely extinct
- going the way of the DodoBecoming obsolete or extinct