| Extinct flightless pigeons (don't worry, you've heard of this answer!) |
New York Times Mini |
18 Jun 2026 |
| Bygone birds |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2026 |
| Birds driven to extinction in the 17th century |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 Jan 2026 |
| They're thick in the head |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Extinct birds |
Commuter |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Onetime sights on Mauritius |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Nitwits |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Former nonfliers |
Newsday |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Extinct flightless birds |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Flightless birds, once |
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| Nitwits |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Mauritians of long ago |
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| Birds disappeared - odds bad for incubating egg? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Stupid people execute old operating system (5) |
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| Bygone birds |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Birds that didn't know to fear humans |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Extinct ightless birds |
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| Repeatedly carry out the termination of birds - now they're extinct |
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| Extinct flightless birds |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Nitwits |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Extinct birds |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Long-extinct flightless birds |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2024 |
| Extinct birds of Mauritius |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Extinct birds |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Extinct birds |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Bygone Mauritian avifauna |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Birdbrains, fittingly |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Bygone birds |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Numbskulls |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2023 |
| Nitwits |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Extinct birds |
Universal |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Odd shuffling very large old animals |
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| Odd shuffling very large old animals |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Extinct birds |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2022 |
| Extinct birds |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Extinct Mauritian birds |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2022 |
| Bygone birds of Mauritius |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2022 |
| Proverbially dead birds |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Birds last seen in the 17th century |
Universal |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Former birds only found on Mauritius |
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| Former birds only found on Mauritius |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Extinct birds |
Universal |
31 Mar 2022 |
| Foolish folks |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Old birds from two parties succeeded |
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| Bygone birds |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Extinct birds |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Flightless birds of yore |
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| Extinct birds |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Extinct birds |
Premier Sunday |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Extinct simpletons? |
Family Time |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Bad odds — around zero — for these birds? |
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| Residents of Mauritius, once |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Nitwits |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Ninnies |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Fossils? |
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| Bygone Mauritius dwellers |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2019 |
| Idiots |
Universal |
13 May 2019 |
| Extinct birds |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Ninnies |
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| Idiots |
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| Bygone Mauritius dwellers |
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| Extinct birds of Mauritius |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Extinct birds |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2018 |
| Knuckleheads |
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| They all died taking too many drugs during parties |
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| Blockheads |
Universal |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Chumps |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Extinct birds of Mauritius |
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| Blockheads |
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| Dimwitted sorts |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2017 |
| Parties no longer in existence, proverbially |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Extinct birds |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2017 |
| Blockheads or some extinct birds |
Universal |
08 May 2017 |
| Pinheads |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2017 |
| Dummies |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2017 |
| Extinct birds |
Universal |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Dummies |
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| Pinheads |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Blockheads or some extinct birds |
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| Dimwitted sorts |
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| Sapheads |
Premier Sunday |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Meatheads |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Slow-witted sorts |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2016 |
| Too-trusting birds |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Dim bulbs |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2016 |
| Ninnies |
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| Bygone birds |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Dummkopfs |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2016 |
| Dummkopfs |
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| Meatheads |
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| Dim bulbs |
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| Bygone birds |
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| Long-gone birds |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2015 |
| Extinct, flightless birds |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Birds extinct by 1681 |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Extinct, flightless birds |
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| Residents of Mauritius, pre-1662 |
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| Long-gone birds |
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| Birds extinct by 1681 |
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| Critters extinct since 1681 |
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| Some extinct birds |
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| Bygone birds |
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| Dummies |
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| Nitwits |
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| Dim bulbs |
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| Long-extinct birds |
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| Extinct Mauritian birds |
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| Dull-witted sorts |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Numbskulls |
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| Pinheads |
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| Boneheads |
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| Dum-dums |
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| Utter fools |
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| Utter fools |
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| Airheads |
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| Knuckleheads |
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| Knuckleheads |
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| Noodleheads |
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| Blockheads |
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| Long-extinct birds |
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| Bygone birds |
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| Birds extinct by 1681 |
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| Birds no more |
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| Ninnies |
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| Rattlebrains |
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| Einsteins they aren't |
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| Bygone birds |
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| Long-gone birds |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Dummies |
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| Long-gone birds |
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| Clumsy extinct birds |
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| Clumsy extinct birds |
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| Chuckleheads |
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| Extinct flock |
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| Dummies |
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| Dunderheads |
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| Long-extinct birds |
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| Brainless bunch |
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| Ding-a-lings |
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| Ninnies |
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| Numbskulls |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Geniuses they're not |
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| Dunderheads |
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| Dim bulbs, so to speak |
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| Long-gone birds |
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| Numskulls |
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| Long-gone birds |
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| Wiped-out avians |
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| Grounded birds |
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| "Ice Age" birds |
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| Dumbbells |
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| Extinct flock |
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| Long-gone critters |
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| Noodleheads |
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| Nitwits |
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| Flightless birds |
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| Numskulls |
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| Extinct flightless birds |
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| Clumsy birds of yore |
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| Extinct Mauritius birds |
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| Long-extinct birds |
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| Blockheads |
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| Birds last seen in 1681 |
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| Not the brightest birds |
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| Nitwits |
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| Grounded birds |
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| Geniuses they're not |
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| Lost birds of Mauritius |
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| Simpletons |
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| Rockheads |
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| Idiots |
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| Doofuses |
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| Long-gone birds |
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| Airheads |
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| Flightless birds |
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| Noodleheads |
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| Stupid people |
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| Fuddy-duddies |
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| Old fogies |
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| Mauritian has-beens |
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| Vanished creatures |
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| Fogies |
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| Extinct birds |
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| Dumb bunnies |
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| Slow-witted ones |
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| Lunkheads |
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| Backward ones |
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| Defunct birds |
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| Real gone birds |
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| Old birds. |
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| Airheads |
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| Old birds |
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| Persons with old-fashioned ideas: Colloq. |
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| Old fogies: Colloq. |
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| Bygone birds. |
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| Extinct birds. |
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| Simpletons: colloq. |
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