straggle

nouns

a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

"a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"

straggle

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

wander from a direct or straight course

depart, digress, sidetrack, straggle

is derived from

go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

"Branches straggling out quite far"

sprawl, straggle