Hypertext Webster Gateway: "migratory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Migratory \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
migratory
adj 1: of or related to migration; "migratory patterns"
2: used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds [ant:
{nonmigratory}]
3: habitually moving from place to place especially in search
of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of
migrant life"; "migratory workers" [syn: {migrant}]
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