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Rare bird

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unusual or exceptional person or thing.

    "Finds it more physical, that's an important word / Always seen first then heard / Such a rare bird"

  2. 2
    a rare or unique person wordnet
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, bird.

Etymology

Calque of Latin rāra avis, part of a commonly quoted line from Juvenal's Satire VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan").

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