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migratory

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mi⋅gra⋅to⋅ry

  [mahy-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
1. migrating.
2. periodically migrating: a migratory species; migratory workers.
3. pertaining to a migration: migratory movements of birds.
4. roving; nomadic; wandering.
Also, mi⋅gra⋅tive.

Origin:
1745–55; migrate + -ory 1
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mi·gra·to·ry   (mī'grə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  

  1. Characterized by migration; undergoing periodic migration: migratory birds.

  2. Of or relating to a migration.

  3. Roving; nomadic.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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