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rare

/ɹɛɚ/ adjective C2
  1. Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.

Comparative rarer · Superlative rarest

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He is very rare and seldom found in the late autumn.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 86 · C1
“It’s a very rare bird—practically extinct—in England now, but all things are possible upon the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 83 · C1
That is where the rare plants and the butterflies are, if you have the wit to reach them.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 82 · C1
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 5 · B2

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