migratory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate +‎ -ory.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

migratory (not comparable)

  1. (of birds, etc) Migrating.
    • 2012, F.M. Faranda, Mediterranean Ecosystems: Structures and Processes, page 392:
      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).
    • 2015 December 5, “Diel Vertical Dynamics of Gelatinous Zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) in a Subtropical Stratified Ecosystem (South Brazilian Bight)”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      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.
  2. Roving; wandering; nomadic.
    migratory habits; a migratory life

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References

  1. ^ “migratory, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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