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rare birds

rare birds is the plural of rare bird.

Meaning of rare bird

Noun

rare bird (plural rare birds)

  1. (figuratively) An unusual or exceptional person or thing.
    • An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 86
    Synonyms:
    rara avis
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, bird.

Questions about rare birds

What is rare birds the plural of?
Rare birds is the plural of rare bird.

Words near rare birds in the dictionary

  1. rare animals
  2. rare as a four-leaf clover
  3. rare as hen's teeth
  4. rare as rocking horse shit
  5. rare bird
  6. rare birds
  7. rare earth
  8. rare earth element
  9. rare earth elements
  10. Rare Earth hypothesis
  11. rare earth magnet

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