Lexicon:Rara avis in mara, maro

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Citation: rara avis in mara, maro
Language: Latin
References: Desolation Island, page 75
Meaning: a rare bird at sea

Notes:


Should be mare; reflects rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno, 'a rare bird on earth, just like the black swan', from Juvenal, Satires VI.

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