Rara avis is
a Latin phrase for 'rare bird'.
Rara avis may refer to:
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Rara Avis, Mississippi, an American ghost town
*''Rara Avis'', an artwork by
Ralph Helmick
*Rara avis, a 2005 exhibition about
Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel ( ; ; August 29, 1921March 1, 2024) was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 ...
*RARA AVIS, a musical ensemble featuring
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered composit ...
*''Rara Avis'', a 1985 documentary about
Bridget Bate Tichenor
Bridget Bate Tichenor (born Bridget Pamela Arkwright Bate) (November 22, 1917 – October 12, 1990) was a British surrealism, surrealist painter of fantastic art in the school of magic realism and a fashion editor. Born in Paris, she later e ...
See also
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Black swan theory
The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term arose from ...
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Satire VI
Satire VI is the most famous of the sixteen '' Satires'' by the Roman author Juvenal written in the late 1st or early 2nd century. In English translation, this satire is often titled something in the vein of ''Against Women'' due to the most obv ...
'' by
Juvenal
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ; 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the '' Satires'', a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people f ...
, containing the line: ''rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno'', 'a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan'
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