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RAER-uh AY-vis
noun
a rare thing; a rare person
1917BeyondThe soft air, the mellowness of this gay place, much music, a sense of being a rara avis among people who, by their heavier type, enhanced her own, had produced in her a kind of intoxication, making her what the baroness called 'un peu folle.'1983Subspace EncounterBun the Barmaid, and a truly rara avis of the ilk.' Deston laughed and led a round of applause.1999PhylogenesisConfronted by the rara avis of actual, genuine emotion, he had no idea how to respond, did not know what to say.Labels: Alan Dean Foster, E. E. Doc Smith, John Galsworthy
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