Bygone birds of Mauritius (5)

I believe the answer is:

dodos

(Other definitions for dodos that I've seen before include "they're no more" , "Extinct birds of Mauritius" , "They never got up" , "Extinct flightless birds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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