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rarae aves

Syllables: ra·rae avesUK/ˌɹɑːɹiː ˈeɪviːs/US/ˌɹɑɹi ˈeɪvis/

rarae aves 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.

Forms of rarae aves

alternative form (obsolete)raræ aves

Origin of rarae aves

Learned borrowing from Latin rārae avēs.

Questions about rarae aves

What is rarae aves the plural of?
Rarae aves is the plural of rara avis.
How do you pronounce rarae aves?
Rarae aves is pronounced /ˌɹɑːɹiː ˈeɪviːs/ (UK).

Words near rarae aves in the dictionary

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

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