rara avis [RAIR-uh-AY-vis], noun;
plural rara avises [RAIR-uh-AY-vuh-suhz] or rarae aves [RAIR-ee-AY-veez]:
A rare or unique person or thing. Rara avis is Latin for "rare bird."
Ex) He was, after all, that rara avis, a Jewish Catholic priest with a wife and children.
-- Jeremy Sams, "Lorenzo the magnificent", Independent, May 16, 2000
"First of all," Arthur said, "Jack is that rara avis among Ivy League radicals, a birthright member of the proletariat."
-- Charles McCarry, Lucky Bastard
Rara avis. You'd have to go far and wide to find someone like that, especially in these times.
-- Andrew Holleran, In September, the Light Changes
source by: Dictionary.com
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