Category:Dodo

Do"do, n.; pl. Dodoes. Etym: [Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Dodo - Amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judges 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three heroes (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:4. (3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Samuel 23:24).