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THE UNGAINLY and gigantized species of pigeonlike bird that eventually received the name Raphus cucullatus, more familiar to us as the dodo, had lived on Mauritius a long time.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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THE UNGAINLY and gigantized species of pigeonlike bird that eventually received the name Raphus cucullatus, more familiar to us as the dodo, had lived on Mauritius a long time.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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That’s the old term for the dodo, now known as Raphus cucullatus.
Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010
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Would the cops deem him an untutored ignoramus, not to know about Raphus cucullatus?
Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010
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Didus ineptus or Raphus cucullatus, it seems an odd kind of name for a rapist.
Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010
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The dodo has been Raphus cucullatus for quite a long time.
Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010
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The purpose of the current expedition is to reconstruct the world of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) before Western man set foot on the island of Mauritius and wiped out the species.
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Book illustration with a Raphus sp. and Raphus cucullatus.
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The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is arguably the most common icon associated with the island nation of Mauritius.
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Statue of a mauriciuszi dodo (Raphus cucullatus), from the site of birds by the Hungarian ecologist, parasitologist and writer Rózsa Lajos.
Dodofélék statue 2007
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