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aberrant

æ'berәnt6 senses · 58 ms
Level C2GRE
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adj/əˈbɛɹ.ənt//ˈæb.ə.ɹənt//əˈbeɹ.ənt/
  1. 1

    Differing from the norm.

  2. 2

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

  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.
noun/əˈbɛɹ.ənt//ˈæb.ə.ɹənt//əˈbeɹ.ənt/
  1. 1

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

  2. 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[.]

syn. freak

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