The English writer Sir Thomas Herbert was the first to use the word dodo in print in his 1634 travelogue, claiming it was referred to as such by the Portuguese, who had visited Mauritius in 1507.
O escritor inglés Thomas Herbert foi o primeiro en usar a palabra dodo escrita no seu diario de viaxe de 1634, afirmando que así lle chamaban os portugueses que visitaran Mauricio en 1507.