Word Meanings - DODO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Large-hearted
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
• Relative
  Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
• Short-dated
  Having little time to run from the date.
• Short-waisted
  Having a short waist.
• SHORTSPOKEN
  Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. [Colloq.]
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Inhabitable
  Capable of being inhabited; habitable.
• Largely
  In a large manner.
• Relatively
  In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
• Shortened /
  of Shorten
• Short-winded
  Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.
• SHORTWAISTED
  Having a short waist.
• Calliope
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
• Callous
  Hardened; indurated.
• Inhabitance
  Alt. of Inhabitancy
• Largeness
  The quality or state of being large.
• Relativeness
  The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.
• Shortening
  of Shorten
• Shortwing
  Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.

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