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zugunruhe

zugunruhe noun: anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.

Noun

zugunruhe (uncountable)

  1. Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.

Origin of zugunruhe

Borrowed from German Zugunruhe, from Zug (“move, migration”) and Unruhe (“anxiety, restlessness”).

Questions about zugunruhe

What does zugunruhe mean?
Zugunruhe means anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.
What part of speech is zugunruhe?
Zugunruhe is a noun.

Words near zugunruhe in the dictionary

  1. zufolos
  2. Zug
  3. Zugdidi
  4. zugshunstite
  5. Zugspitze
  6. zugunruhe
  7. zugzwang
  8. zugzwanged
  9. zugzwanging
  10. zugzwangs
  11. zugzwänge

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