a flightless bird, characterized by a large head, a heavy hooked beak, a stout body, and stumpy wings, that used to live in the Mauritius but is now extinct;
e.g. Many older paintings depict dodos living alongside other birds and animals.
(noun)
a person who is hopelessly foolish/stupid and often behind the times, and who is thus generally ineffective;
e.g. If she weren't such a dodo, she would have finished the task by now.