Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bird, the South American plant-cutter, Phytotoma rara. Also called
rarita . See cut underPhytotoma .
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Examples
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NOTE: I have camera-ready artwork that can be inserted into any publication, as part of the RARA (pronounced "rara") kit, which can be yours for only 13 dollars.
Greg Gutfeld: Raise Awareness of Raising Awareness of Raising Awareness! 2008
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He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Primero, en Puelto Lico nose habla español, ellos creen que hablan español, pero es una lengua muy rara.
Cuatro fantásticos es muy buenos | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Afortunadamente, no es necesario las 24 horas del día y rara vez, si acaso, se utilizan al mismo tiempo.
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Genius is a rara avis not to be found fluttering in every grove as are you and I.
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For Mike Tyson, a rara avis of 20th-century sports, pigeons were there in the beginning and, he insisted, "They'll be there when I die."
Finding Calm in Mike Tyson's Pigeon Coop Gordon Marino 2011
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Ser parte de esta rara oportunidad de ser pioneros en traer este negocio a América Latina.
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He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Thus level ... waters enclose the verb and its subject, the two parts of which, rara ... rana, in turn orbit coaxat like planets around the sun.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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While Ms. Wyatt captured the Haitian rara music group Brother High jamming in Prospect Park, the three others photographed last-minute preparations along Flatbush Avenue.
To Capture a Bracing Blowout Bruce Bennett 2011
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