migratory

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UK /ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/ US /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

all, changing, many, most, near, small, south

VERB + MIGRATORY

approaches, draws, evolved, swallow, swallows, visited

MIGRATORY + NOUN

behaviour, bird, birds, habits, life, species

PREP.

among, in, on, with

ADV.

easily, highly, only

Definitions

adj

Migrating.

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).

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.

Roving; wandering; nomadic.

migratory habits; a migratory life

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — habitually moving from place to place especially in search o

migrant

Antonyms

nonmigratory
resident

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

migratory habits; a migratory life

Wiktionary

That one is a migratory species.

Tatoeba · #462532

Most migratory birds don't get why, once they've flown south, they don't just stay there.

Tatoeba · #1275136

Did you know that the crane is a migratory bird and that it can lift up to one hundred kilograms?

Tatoeba · #2912974

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