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rara avises

rara avises is the plural of rara avis.

Meaning of rara avis

Noun

rara avis (plural rara avises or rarae aves or (obsolete) raræ aves)

  1. A rare species or type of bird.
    • Ramsay flung open the door. "Lord Fred—damn it we are all in the lurch!", he exclaimed, […] "my rara avises have taken wing and flown off." / "What were they actually, Ramsay?" asked Newbank. / "Two black swans," replied he—"the finest creatures ever were beheld, except another of the kind that is...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...
  2. (figuratively) A rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing; a rare bird.
    • That Parsons girl is quite the rara avis if you ask me.

Questions about rara avises

What is rara avises the plural of?
Rara avises is the plural of rara avis.

Words near rara avises in the dictionary

  1. Raquelle
  2. raquet
  3. raquetball
  4. rar
  5. rara avis
  6. rara avises
  7. Raraburan
  8. rarae aves
  9. raranga
  10. Rardin
  11. Rardins

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