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Aberrant

//əˈbɛɹ.ənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Differing from the norm.
  2. 2
    Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. figuratively, sometimes
  3. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    markedly different from an accepted norm wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  2. 2
    one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group wordnet
  3. 3
    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[.]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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