noun
pl. ra′rae a′ves an unusual or extraordinary person or thing; rarity
Origin of rara avis
L, literally , strange birdrara avis
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rara avis
noun
pl. ra·ra a·vis·es, or ra·rae a·vesA rare or unique person or thing.
Origin of rara avis
Latin rāra avis rāra feminine of rārus rare avis birdTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural rara avises or rarae aves)
Origin
Latin rÄra avis (“rare bird"), plural rarae aves
From Juvenal's Satires (6.165): Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno ("a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan").
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