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aberrant

adj
/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/UK/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/CA/əˈbeɹ.ənt/

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

  1. borrowed from aberrāns

Definitions

  1. Differing from the norm.

  2. Straying from the right way

    Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.

  3. Deviating from the ordinary or natural type

    Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

    • The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

    2. A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type,…

      A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

      • Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

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Derived

aberrance, aberrancy, aberrant conduction, aberrantly, aberrant salience, aberration, aberrational, nonaberrant, unaberrant

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