dodo
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 →
2) «As dead as a dodo» means completely gone or finished. tree →
3) (informal) A dodo can mean an old-fashioned or silly person. tree →
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 →
- The dodo could not fly. tree →
- Dodos became extinct soon after sailors arrived. tree →
- The dodo was not afraid of people, so it was easy to catch. tree →
- A Dodo runs a race in «Alice in Wonderland». tree →
- That old game is as dead as a dodo. tree →
- We saw a model of a dodo in the museum. tree →
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.
- The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.
- Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;
- And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
- Also the mighty men of valour: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem;
Trees and pragmatics
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