migratory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of birds, qualifier:etc) Migrating.
Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.
2015 December 5, “Diel Vertical Dynamics of Gelatinous Zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) in a Subtropical Stratified Ecosystem (South Brazilian Bight)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).
2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:
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(not-comparable) Roving; wandering; nomadic.
migratory habits; a migratory life
Antonyms
Deriveds
migratory locust · migratorily · non-migratory · migratory bird · hypermigratory · premigratory · antimigratory · electromigratory · promigratory · migratory restlessness · migratory thrush · postmigratory · comigratory · Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy · migratory grasshopper · migratory divorce · nonmigratory · endomigratory
Relateds
Translations (21)
cy ymfudol ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · bg мигриращ ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · fi muutto- ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · nl trek- ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · it migratorio ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · pl przelotny ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · tr göçmen ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · de Zug- ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · ga aistreánach ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · bg прелетен ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · cs stěhovavý ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · gd imrich ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · ca migratori ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · ga imirceach ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · it migrante ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · tr göçebe ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · gl migratorio ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · se bárbmo- ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · fi vaellus- ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · es migratorio ((of birds, etc) that migrate) · fr migrateur ((of birds, etc) that migrate)