migratory
[mahy-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
Sometimes mi·gra·tive.
Origin of migratory
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Related Words for migratory
transient, seasonal, mobile, moving, nomadic, roving, unsettled, wanderingExamples from the Web for migratory
Contemporary Examples of migratory
Mayor Gardner noted that a lake that had served as a summer breeding ground for migratory cranes recently disappeared.
Demographic experts say Philadelphia is in the crosshairs of several unfortunate trends, both economic and migratory.
Historical Examples of migratory
As much to me as if a stray, migratory mule had rambled into the wood and found me, and I him.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
Are they like the ducks, merely come, pause, and proceed on their migratory way?
The Hound From The NorthRidgwell Cullum
They know that, without the migratory worker, most of the crops wouldn't get harvested.
See?Edward G. Robles
All dams in streams in which are migratory fish should have fish-ways or fish-ladders.
Boy Scouts HandbookBoy Scouts of America
Encampment does not in any way distress this migratory tribe.
Artists' WivesAlphonse Daudet
migratory
adjective
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migratory
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