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Wan"der*ing, a. & n. from Wander, v.Wandering albatross (Zo'94l.), 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'94l.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. See Illust. of Mouse. -- Wandering spider (Zo'94l.), any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.

The noun Wandering has 1 senses

1. wandering, roving, vagabondage -- travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

The adjective Wandering has 3 senses

1. meandering(a),rambling,wandering(a),winding -- of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
2. mobile,nomadic,peregrine,roving,wandering 2 002 &a 0000 +n 0101 -- (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"
3. erratic,planetary,wandering 1 001 &a 0000 -- having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
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