migratory
Origin of migratory
1- Sometimes mi·gra·tive .
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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How to use migratory in a sentence
Here, visitors can spot otters, foxes, deer, and hundreds of migratory bird species from a two-mile boardwalk through the park.
Monarch butterflies are found across North America in two migratory populations separated by the Rocky Mountains.
Monarch butterflies are beloved—and declining for this sad reason | Claire Maldarelli | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe Smithsonian migratory Bird Center, for example, grants a Bird Friendly certification to plantations with ample native tree cover and diversity, a boon for migratory birds.
Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate | Jonathan Lambert | July 14, 2021 | Science NewsThat energy burn is roughly five times his resting metabolic rate, which is higher than most mammals and not far off migratory birds.
Meet Lachlan Morton, The Man Who Rode the Tour de France Route Solo | agintzler | July 13, 2021 | Outside OnlineThus, a thousand mile migratory trek would be out of the question.
The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic | Sara Kiley Watson | June 28, 2021 | Popular-Science
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 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a result, the water sank into the ground, prompting migratory cranes to issue calls of “grief and bewilderment.”
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it was also about the Bear River migratory Bird Refuge, threatened by the flooding of the Great Salt Lake.
Terry Tempest Williams Talks About Her New Book, ‘When Women Were Birds’ | Susan Salter Reynolds | May 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDemographic 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 | THE DAILY BEASTI have not been able to learn that the migratory flock above spoken of extended to any of the other Islands.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil SmithSo probably its numbers are occasionally increased by migratory flocks in the winter.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil SmithThese migratory hosts left a desert behind them, and they either gained a settlement or perished.
Landholding In England | Joseph FisherYamba told me that there would have been no help for us had we been overtaken on foot by these migratory rodents.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontThe migratory birds are seen and heard flying northward by relays in hundreds of thousands.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph Gilmore
British Dictionary definitions for migratory
/ (ˈmaɪɡrətərɪ, -trɪ) /
of, relating to, or characterized by migration
nomadic; itinerant
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Scientific definitions for 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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