DODO, an extinct bird, one of the largest, or rather the largest of the feathered race, but so unwieldy and helpless as to be captured without the least difficulty. It is said to have been found in Madagascar when that island was first visited by the Dutch, but is now an extinct species. It is described as having had only four or five short black feathers in the place of wings, a small tuft of curly feathers for a tail, short-unwebbed toes, and a bill of very large size. The foot of a dodo is preserved in the British Museum, and the head exists in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. The beak resembles that of the auk, and the foot has a resemblance to that of the penguin, though not palmated.