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rara avis
[ rair-uh ey-vis; Latin rah-rah ah-wis ]
noun
- a rare person or thing; rarity.
rara avis
/ ˈrɛərə ˈeɪvɪs /
noun
- an unusual, uncommon, or exceptional person or thing
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Origin of rara avis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rara avis1
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Example Sentences
The Goldfinch proves Tartt to be a rara avis; her own species, willingly chained to her demanding muse.
He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books.
A railway general manager in Ireland was in those days, strange to say, something of a rara avis.
The words "very scanty" are used most advisedly, for in very truth the American historian is a rara avis.
He has talent and is a true littrateur,—a rara avis, to whom we must give a cage larger than Havre.
When we come to so-called civil matters, the lady who does not know and exercise her legal privileges is indeed a rara avis.
Now this Mrs. Fitzsnob is not a rara avis, but is frequently met with.
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