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Migratory

//ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Migrating. not-comparable

    "To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986)."

  2. 2
    Roving; wandering; nomadic. not-comparable

    "migratory habits; a migratory life"

Adjective
  1. 1
    habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work wordnet
  2. 2
    used of animals that move seasonally wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

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