"dead as a dodo" meaning in English

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        "Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead."
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        "(simile) Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead."
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          "sense": "unquestionably dead",
          "word": "morsdood"
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          "sense": "unquestionably dead",
          "word": "aussi mort qu’un dodo"
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          "sense": "unquestionably dead",
          "word": "mate ā moa"
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        "Very much out of date."
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        "(simile) Very much out of date."
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      "sense": "unquestionably dead",
      "word": "morsdood"
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    {
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      "sense": "unquestionably dead",
      "word": "aussi mort qu’un dodo"
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      "sense": "unquestionably dead",
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      "sense": "unquestionably dead",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "unquestionably dead",
      "word": "mate ā moa"
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      "sense": "unquestionably dead",
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