Get to know Dodo better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fogey or fossil.
Dodo in a sentence
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Dodo meaning
- A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
- A hole in one.
Synonyms of Dodo
Using Dodo
- The main meaning on this page is: A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. | A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt. | A hole in one.
- Useful related words include: fogy, fogey, fossil, oldster.
- In the example corpus, dodo often appears in combinations such as: the dodo, of dodo, dodo bird.
Context around Dodo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dodo
- In this selection, "dodo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, live, nazarene, white, bird, painting and resurrection stand out and add context to how "dodo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rare dodo bone went and and dino dodo who is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dodo" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dodo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A rendering of a dodo bird in a forest. (9 words)
It seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird. (11 words)
Soon after bringing her home, Dodo falls victim to a debilitating illness. (12 words)
It is the last recorded live dodo in captivity. citation Extinction Savery's The Paradise from 1626 with a dodo in the lower right corner Like many animals that evolved in isolation from significant predators, the dodo was entirely fearless of humans. (42 words)
Then as dial-up went the way of the Dodo bird with the advent of broadband networks and cell phones, ValleyNet sold off its dial-up service and administration of the town listservs were taken over by Vital Communities. (39 words)
In 1626 Adriaen van de Venne drew a dodo that he claimed to have seen in Amsterdam, but he did not mention if it was alive, and his depiction is reminiscent of Savery's Edwards's Dodo. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is the last recorded live dodo in captivity. citation Extinction Savery's The Paradise from 1626 with a dodo in the lower right corner Like many animals that evolved in isolation from significant predators, the dodo was entirely fearless of humans.
Some birds were erroneously named new species like the Nazarene Dodo, the White Dodo, and White Solitaire.
In 1626 Adriaen van de Venne drew a dodo that he claimed to have seen in Amsterdam, but he did not mention if it was alive, and his depiction is reminiscent of Savery's Edwards's Dodo.
Owen described the bones in Memoir on the Dodo in October 1866, but erroneously based his reconstruction on the Edwards's Dodo painting by Savery, making it too squat and obese.
A rendering of a dodo bird in a forest.
But now, Colossal Biosciences, the firm behind the dodo resurrection, is hoping to restore the thylacine, and aims to have a ‘de-extincted thylacine-ish thing’ within a decade.
I know that the conventional wisdom is that the two-state solution has gone the way of the dodo.
It seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird.
The demonstrators walked from the Dam in the city centre to the Museumplein carried banners with texts such as “Tilburg on Sea, no” and “dino, dodo, who is next”.
Then as dial-up went the way of the Dodo bird with the advent of broadband networks and cell phones, ValleyNet sold off its dial-up service and administration of the town listservs were taken over by Vital Communities.
The Police charged Sa’abi, 18 and Mohammed, 19 both residents of Angwan Dodo, Gwagwalada, Abuja, on four counts for criminal conspiracy, house breaking, trespass and theft.
There she meets the White Rabbit, Dormouse, Dodo, the Talking Flowers, twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Cheshire Cat, March Hare, and the Mad Hatter.
A rare dodo bone went under the hammer for £23,000 at the sale of an eccentric naturalist’s collection.
Soon after bringing her home, Dodo falls victim to a debilitating illness.
The challenges faced by independent content creators like Brandon Saltalamacchia and his team at Retro Dodo extend beyond mere visibility.
The dodo and thylacine are special creatures to former Tamworth author and illustrator Sami Bayly.
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History has arranged a meeting with the Dodo - a bird made famous in the story.
Another national team player in our camp, a great season awaits," the club said in a brief statement accompanied by a picture of the player and coach Darlington Dodo.
Dodo David: Joel Osteen's church is the largest in the USA, and it went to online services only.
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Common combinations with dodo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dodo 28×
- of dodo 6×
- dodo bird 6×
- dodo was 4×
- dodo the 4×
- dodo is 4×
- dodo in 3×
- dodo and 3×
- as dodo 3×
- dodo has 3×