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aberrant

noun

  1. a group, individual, or structure that is not normal or typical
  2. a person whose behavior departs substantially from the standard
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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/ / /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ / /əˈbeɹ.ənt/

adj

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

  1. Differing from the norm.
  2. Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  3. 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.”

noun

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

  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, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

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