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- 1. another term for rare bird
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The meaning of RARA AVIS is someone or something that is rare : rarity. How to use rara avis in a sentence.
Rara avis definition: a rare person or thing; rarity.. See examples of RARA AVIS used in a sentence.
Rara avis is a Latin phrase meaning rare bird, used to describe an unusual or extraordinary person or thing. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples from Collins English Dictionary.
Rara avis means a rare bird or a prodigy in Latin. It comes from Juvenal's satire, comparing a black swan to a rare phenomenon.
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Learned borrowing from Latin rāra avis (“rare bird”). The synonym rare bird is attested earlier. The term is a quotation from Satire VI (written late 1st century – early 2nd century B.C.E.) of the Roman poet Juvenal: “Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno[a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan]!”. The plural form rarae aves is a lear...
rara avis (plural rara avises or rarae aves or (obsolete) raræ aves) 1. A rare species or type of bird. 1.1. 1825, Henrietta Rouviere Mosse, chapter III, in A Father’s Love and a Woman’s Friendship; or, The Widow and Her Daughters.[…], volume V, London: […] [J. Darling] for A. K. Newman and Co.[…], →OCLC, pages 105–106: 1.1.1. Ramsay flung open the...
Define rara avis. rara avis synonyms, rara avis pronunciation, rara avis translation, English dictionary definition of rara avis. n. pl. ra·ra a·vis·es or ra·rae a·ves A rare or unique person or thing.
Definitions of rara avis. noun. a rare or unique person. synonyms: rare bird. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Rara avis." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rara avis. Accessed 03 Jul. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. rara avis.
