Usually means: Rare bird; metaphorically, unique person.
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  1. rara avis: Merriam-Webster
  2. rara avis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rara avis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rara avis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rara avis: Vocabulary.com
  6. rara avis: Wordnik
  7. rara avis: Wiktionary
  8. rara avis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. rara avis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. rara avis: Dictionary.com
  11. rara avis: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Rara Avis, Rara avis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. rara avis: Rhymezone
  14. rara avis: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rara avis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. rara avis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Rara Avis: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rara avis: A Word A Day
  2. rara avis: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rara avis: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rara avis)

noun:  A rare species or type of bird.
noun:  (figuratively) A rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing; a rare bird.

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