Wandering word meaning and definition

[noun] travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
[adjective] having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
[adjective] (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

\Wan"der*ing\, a. & n. from {Wander}, v. {Wandering albatross} (Zo["o]l.), the great white albatross. See Illust. of {Albatross}. {Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. {Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. {Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable kidney}. {Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney. {Wandering mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}. {Wandering spider} (Zo["o]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.

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