Ab*er"rant (#), a. [L. aberrans, -rantis, p.pr. of aberrare.]

See Aberr.]

1.

Wandering; straying from the right way.

2. Biol.

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. Darwin.

 

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