Meaning of MIGRATORY
| Pronunciation: | | 'mIgru`towree
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- [adj] habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"
- [adj] used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds"
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| | Synonyms: | | migrant, unsettled |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonmigratory, resident | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mi"gra*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. migratoire.]
1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or
climate to another; as, migratory birds.
2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a
migratory life.
{Migratory locust} (Zo["o]l.) See {Locust}.
{Migratory thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the American robin. See
{Robin}.
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| | Related Terms: | | circumforaneous, discursive, divagatory, drifting, errant, flitting, floating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, fugitive, gadding, gypsyish, gypsy-like, landloping, meandering, migrant, migrational, mobile, nomad, nomadic, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, shifting, straggling, straying, strolling, traipsing, transient, transitory, transmigratory, vagabond, vagrant, wandering |
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