migratory
/ˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.tə.ɹi/US/ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
migratory adjective: migrating. Also the clipping of migratory bird.
Adjective
migratory (not comparable)
- 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).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
- Roving; wandering; nomadic.
- migratory habits; a migratory life
Also used as
migratory is also the clipping of migratory bird.
migratory meaning in Bengali
migratory in Bengali
- পরিযায়ী
Examples of migratory in a sentence
- Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants.
- The next step is a fusion of the stationary nucleus with the newly invaded migratory nucleus in each cell.
- Jean had thought that the prowler might be some tramp who had wandered far off the beaten path of migratory humans.
Antonyms of migratory
Forms of migratory
| plural | migratories |
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Origin of migratory
Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.
Words formed from migratory
- antimigratory
- comigratory
- electromigratory
- endomigratory
- hypermigratory
- migratorily
- migratory bird
- migratory divorce
- migratory grasshopper
- migratory locust
- migratory restlessness
- migratory thrush
- nonmigratory
- non-migratory
- postmigratory
- premigratory
- promigratory
- Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy
Phrases with migratory
Questions about migratory
- What does migratory mean?
- Migratory means migrating.
- What is migratory in Bengali?
- Migratory in Bengali is পরিযায়ী. See Migratory meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is migratory?
- Migratory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce migratory?
- Migratory is pronounced /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/ (US).
Words near migratory in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: migratory (page history and authors); migratory (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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