stray
noun [C] /streɪ/Definition
› a pet that no longer has a home or cannot find its home: a stray dog "Who owns that cat?" "I don't know. I think it must be a stray."General and informal words for animals
(Definition of stray noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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