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rara avis (n.)
c.1600, "peculiar person," from Latin (Juvenal, Persius), literally "strange bird," from
rara
, fem. of
rarus
"rare" (see
rare
(adj.1)) +
avis
"bird" (see
aviary
). Latin plural is
raræ aves
.
