strange bird

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strange bird

noun strange birds

  1. idiomatic, informal An unusual person, especially one with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics. Jena Janovy is a strange bird—a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game.

    Similar: misfit, oddball, odd duck, odd one out, queer fish, odd bird, queer duck

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noun an unusual person

Españolbicho raro
中文怪人 guàirén
Françaisdrôle d’oiseau, drôle de type
Deutschkomischer Vogel

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@misc{strange_bird_2026,
  title = {strange bird},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/strange%20bird},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}