Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the genus Didus or family Dididœ; being or resembling a dodo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or pertaining to
dodos - adjective figuratively
Extinct . - adjective figuratively
Obsolete . Old-fashioned. Out of date. No longer in common use or practice. - adjective figuratively Very
old or having very old-fashioned views and unwilling tochange or adapt.
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Examples
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W cygnine swan W anatine duck 1862-1893 dacelonine kingfisher W OOsW didine dodo 1885 OW avine bird 1881 OW falconine falcon OW buteonine buzzard fringilline finch 1874 -
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What of didine, megacerine, and other adjectives for animals prehistoric, extinct, or both?
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