Migratory Meaning

/ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
C1

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adjMigrating.

adjRoving; wandering; nomadic.

That one is a migratory species.
Most migratory birds don't get why, once they've flown south, they don't just stay there.
Many migratory birds come to this pond every year in winter.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Many ____ birds fly long distances each year in search of food.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Scientists are tracking several ____ species of butterflies to better understand how changes in the local environment affect their long journeys.

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

"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:
"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:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Many ____ birds fly long distances each year in search of food.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Scientists are tracking several ____ species of butterflies to better understand how changes in the local environment affect their long journeys.

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