out-migrate

American  

[out-mahy-greyt] / ˈaʊtˌmaɪ greɪt /

verb (used without object)

out-migrated, out-migrating

1. to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.

   People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.

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Other Word Forms

• out-migration
  noun

Etymology

Origin of out-migrate

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

out-migrated out-migrating

Some, single-adult males, leaving no trace, have out-migrated to other states, their whereabouts still unknown.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2016

Rescue efforts began across the state, with some biologists for the state and tribes scooping out-migrating juvenile fish out of pools that became disconnected from the streams.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

Last year the researchers released 1,500 acoustically tagged juveniles above the dams by Upper Klamath Lake and have followed how and when they're out-migrating.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

"We've been monitoring fish populations for decades — how many fish are spawning, how many are being captured, how many juvenile fish are out-migrating," says Barry McCovey Jr., a fisheries biologist from the Yurok Tribe.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

Federal courts may further restrict energy production on the dams by mandating increased spill of water over the dams rather than through the turbines, to increase flows for out-migrating juvenile fish.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

But the rate of returning wild chinook from out-migrating baby Snake River chinook is still below what’s needed to prevent extinction, let alone recover the species.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2018