Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. Will Cuppy
We are just beginning to learn that our same old habits, like the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, may make us at one with the auk and the dodo. Sydney J. Harris
Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird. Joan Fontaine
You have a humming dodo bird," I said stupidly. Rick Riordan
The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire. Adam Savage
I got a lot of flak originally for writing with photographs, because the great cliche in photography is that one photograph is worth a thousand words, and photographers are usually dodo birds anyway. Duane Michals