| 1. | any of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez. |
| 2. | Slang. a dull-witted, slow-reacting person. |
| 3. | a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas. |
| 4. | a thing that is outmoded or obsolete. |
