migratory

[ mahy-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈmaɪ grəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

migrating.

periodically migrating: a migratory species; migratory workers.

pertaining to a migration:migratory movements of birds.

roving; nomadic; wandering.

Sometimes mi·gra·tive.

Origin of migratory

First recorded in 1745–55; migrate + -ory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM migratory

non·mi·gra·to·ry, adjective pre·mi·gra·to·ry, adjective un·mi·gra·tive, adjective un·mi·gra·to·ry, adjective

Words nearby migratory

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Example sentences from the Web for migratory

Mayor Gardner noted that a lake that had served as a summer breeding ground for migratory cranes recently disappeared.

Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed |Terry Greene Sterling |April 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Demographic experts say Philadelphia is in the crosshairs of several unfortunate trends, both economic and migratory.

Is Philadelphia in Decline? New Report Shows a City With Marked Challenges |Daniel Stone |April 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It has been suggested that migratory birds may have come into play in such cases.

Mimicry in Butterflies |Reginald Crundall Punnett
All the species of birds of prey cited above as migratory begin to arrive in the plains of India in September.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India |Douglas Dewar

It is not migratory but is more or less of an irregular wanderer in search of food during the autumn and winter.

Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [February, 1898] |Various
Soon after the arrival of the migratory birds the wilderness becomes newly clothed in green and gray.

The Ontario Readers |Ontario Ministry of Education
Their most marked peculiarity is the migratory nature of their lives.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park

British Dictionary definitions for migratory

migratory

/ (ˈmaɪɡrətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by migration

nomadic; itinerant

Scientific definitions for migratory

migratory

[ mī′grə-tôr′ē ]

Traveling from one place to another at regular times of year, often over long distances. Salmon, whales, and swallows are all migratory animals.

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