The Clue
Like some birds (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Choice
Distinctive
Exceptional
Infrequent
One-in-a- million
Pinkish
Scarce
Thin
Uncommon
Undercooked
Underdone
Adjective for cerium
Beef order
Hard to come by
Hard to find
Like cerium
Like one in a million
Not common
Red in the middle
Seldom seen
Slightly cooked
Stamp designation
Steak order
Very unusual
Bloody, so to speak
Earth or bit preceder
Label in a bibliophile's catalog
Less than medium
Like Ben Jonson
Like a compliant cat
Like hen's teeth
Like an underdone steak
"O ___ Ben Jonson!"
Like condors or whooping cranes
Like Lowell's June day
Like a total solar eclipse
Like a white Bengal tiger
"Still mooing," as burgers go
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"