wanderer

noun

wan·​der·​er -dərə(r) 

plural -s

: one that wanders: such as

a

capitalized : a Scottish Covenanter during the time of persecution

b(1)

: a brown and black American butterfly (Feniseca tarquinius) of the family Lycaenidae whose larva feeds on woolly aphids of the genus Schizoneura especially on the alder blight

also : a monarch or other butterfly of the genus Danaus

(2)

: wandering spider

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