migratory

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaɪgrətəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmaɪgrəˌtɔri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mīgrə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē)


migratory
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Sense: Having fixed habits of migration; said especially of birds
Synonyms:
seasonal Collocations, transient Collocations, impermanent, emigrating, immigrating, passing over, like birds of passage, here for the winter, arrived for the summer, in a flyway, here today gone tomorrow, flitting, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, fugitive, gadding, nomadic, wandering Collocations
Antonyms:
non migrating, nonmigratory, resident Collocations, stationary Collocations, settled Collocations, indigenous Collocations
Sense: Given to moving; said especially of transient labor
Synonyms:
shifting Collocations, changing Collocations, unsettled, casual Collocations, roving, wandering Collocations, nomadic, tramp Collocations, vagrant, on the move, temporary Collocations, drifting, vagabond, roaming, migrant, flitting
Antonyms:
year round, fixed Collocations, permanent Collocations, resident Collocations


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