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• Rara-avis

  [rair-uh ey-vis; Latin rah-rah ah-wis] /ˈrɛər ə ˈeɪ vɪs; Latin ˈrɑ rɑ ˈɑ wɪs/ noun, plural rarae aves [rair-ee ey-veez; Latin rah-rahy ah-wes] /ˈrɛər i ˈeɪ viz; Latin ˈrɑ raɪ ˈɑ wɛs/ (Show IPA) 1. a rare person or thing; rarity. /ˈrɛərə ˈeɪvɪs/ noun (pl) rarae aves (ˈrɛəriː ˈeɪviːz) 1. an unusual, uncommon, or exceptional […]

• Rare

  [rair] /rɛər/ adjective, rarer, rarest. 1. coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions. 2. thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast. 3. having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; […]

• Rare back

  verb phrase To gather one’s strength; poise oneself for action: She rared back and let him have it [1930s+; fr the verb rear, and the image of a horse rearing on its hind legs]

• Rare bird

  noun phrase Someone or something quite different and remarkable: rare bird of a man who will do housework

• Rarebit

  [rair-bit] /ˈrɛər bɪt/ noun 1. . /ˈrɛəbɪt/ noun 1. another term for Welsh rabbit 1785, perversion of (Welsh) rabbit, as if from rare + bit. See Welsh.

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