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migratory
adjective mi·gra·to·ry \ˈmī-grə-ˌtȯr-ē\
: moving from one place to another at different times of the year : migrating regularly
Full Definition of MIGRATORY
1
: of, relating to, or characterized by migration
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First Known Use of MIGRATORY
1708
Related to MIGRATORY
- Antonyms
- nonmigrant, nonmigrating, nonmigratory, resident
Rhymes with MIGRATORY
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori
MIGRATORY Defined for Kids
migratory
adjective mi·gra·to·ry \ˈmī-grə-ˌtȯr-ē\
Definition of MIGRATORY for Kids
1
: moving from one place to another <migratory workers> <migratory birds>
2
: of or relating to migration <a bird's migratory route>
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