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exotic
ex·ot·ic [ ig zóttik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. strikingly different: strikingly unusual and often very colorful and exciting or suggesting distant countries and unfamiliar cultures
2. ecology from elsewhere: introduced from another place or region
an exotic species


noun  (plural ex·ot·ics)
Definition:
 
somebody or something unusual and striking: a person or thing that is foreign and unusual, especially a plant or animal
[Late 16th century. Via Latin exoticus< Greek exōtikos< exō "out, outside"]

ex·ot·i·cal·ly adverb
ex·ot·i·cism [ ig zótti sìzzəm ] noun
ex·ot·ic·ness noun
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