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Rara avis   /rˈɑrə ˈeɪvɪs/   Listen
Rara avis

noun
1.
A rare or unique person.  Synonym: rare bird.





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"Rara avis" Quotes from Famous Books



... and died a bachelor. Bachelors are of two kinds: There is the Rara Avis Other Sort; and the common variety known as the Bachelorum Vulgaris. The latter variety may always be recognized by its proclivity to trespass on the preserve of the Pshaw of Persia, thus laying the candidate open to a suit for ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen • Elbert Hubbard


Words linked to "Rara avis" :   anomaly, unusual person


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