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intermigration

intermigration noun: reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.

Noun

intermigration (countable and uncountable, plural intermigrations)

  1. reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration
    • point of Access and mutual Intercourſe and possibility of Intermigrationsa. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
    • […]the mountain ranges blocked intermigrations. The Himalayas blocked exchanges between north and south. Finally, with the advent of desert conditions in Arabia and Baluchistan, there was again almost no interchange between the oriental and Ethiopian regions.1969, Wilma George, Animals and Maps

Forms of intermigration

pluralintermigrations

Origin of intermigration

From inter- + migration.

Questions about intermigration

What does intermigration mean?
Intermigration means reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration.
What part of speech is intermigration?
Intermigration is a noun.
What is the plural of intermigration?
The plural of intermigration is intermigrations.

Words near intermigration in the dictionary

  1. intermicronationally
  2. intermicrosaccade
  3. intermicrotubule
  4. intermicrovillar
  5. intermicturition
  6. intermigration
  7. intermigrations
  8. intermilitary
  9. intermillennial
  10. interminability
  11. interminable

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