migratory

3 definitions found

migratory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Migratory \Mi"gra*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. migratoire.]
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     1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or
        climate to another; as, migratory birds.
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     2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a
        migratory life.
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     Migratory locust (Zool.) See Locust.
  
     Migratory thrush (Zool.), the American robin. See Robin.
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migratory - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  migratory
      adj 1: used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds"
             [ant: nonmigratory, resident]
      2: habitually moving from place to place especially in search of
         seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant
         life"; "migratory workers" [syn: migrant, migratory]

migratory - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "migratory":
     circumforaneous, discursive, divagatory, drifting, errant,
     flitting, floating, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, fugitive,
     gadding, gypsy-like, gypsyish, landloping, meandering, migrant,
     migrational, mobile, nomad, nomadic, rambling, ranging, roaming,
     roving, shifting, straggling, straying, strolling, traipsing,
     transient, transitory, transmigratory, vagabond, vagrant,
     wandering