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- 1. an exceptional person or thing; a rarity: "the style is a rare bird in Brazilian music"
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The meaning of RARE BIRD is rarity, rara avis. How to use rare bird in a sentence.
noun. an unusual, uncommon, or exceptional person or thing. He's a rare bird in British cinema, and I'm just pleased he's getting some recognition. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'rare bird' in a sentence. rare bird.
A RARE BIRD definition: someone or something that is different from most other people or things | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun rare bird. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Define rare bird. rare bird synonyms, rare bird pronunciation, rare bird translation, English dictionary definition of rare bird. n an unusual, uncommon, or exceptional person or thing Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers...
Definitions of rare bird. noun. a rare or unique person. synonyms: rara avis. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Rare bird." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rare bird. Accessed 31 May. 2024. Copy citation. VocabTrainer™. 2 million people have mastered 403,632,357 new words.
rare bird (noun) rare bird noun. plural rare birds. Britannica Dictionary definition of RARE BIRD. [count] : an unusual or uncommon person or thing. The little diner is a rare bird in a city full of expensive restaurants.
rare bird (plural rare birds) An unusual or exceptional person or thing. Synonym: rara avis
noun. An unusual or exceptional person or thing; a rara avis. Wiktionary. Synonyms: rara-avis. curiosity. phenomenon. rara avis (Latin) rarity. Other Word Forms of Rare-bird. Noun. Singular: rare-bird. Plural: rare birds. Origin of Rare-bird. From rare + bird, translating Latin rara avis. From Wiktionary. Rare-bird Sentence Examples.
Latin phrase meaning literally a ‘rare bird’; a phenomenon, a prodigy. The expression comes from the Roman satirist Juvenal (ad c.60–130), ‘ Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno [A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan].’.
