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straggler

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One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.

Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A blue straggler is formed from the merger of two stars, possibly as a result of an encounter with a binary system. Source: Internet

Extinct by 1800 or may have been straggler of extant species. Source: Internet

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