What does migratory mean?

Definitions for migratory
ˈmaɪ grəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr imi·gra·to·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. migratoryadjective

    used of animals that move seasonally

    "migratory birds"

  2. migrant, migratoryadjective

    habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work

    "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

Wiktionary

  1. migratoryadjective

    that migrate

ChatGPT

  1. migratory

    Migratory refers to a type of behavior or characteristic where an individual, species or group moves from one place to another, often with the change of seasons. The migration is often long-distance and connected with a repetitive or cyclical pattern. This term is commonly used in describing certain species of birds, fish, or mammals that migrate. However, it can also be applied to other contexts like human migration.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Migratoryadjective

    removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds

  2. Migratoryadjective

    hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. migratoire.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of migratory in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of migratory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of migratory in a Sentence

  1. Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal:

    In Peru the biggest driver of deforestation is migratory agriculture, mostly poor people who migrate from the Andes to the Amazon. Illegal mining is also a big problem, the decree will affect everything related to land use ... I hope it will take effect in no more than two weeks.

  2. Antony Blinken:

    We face a challenge that in many ways is unique with tremendous pressure from illegal migratory flows coming in different ways, different parts of the hemisphere, we have to have a stronger regional approach to this challenge.

  3. Richard Fuller:

    For instance, Germany has protected areas for over 98 percent of the migratory species that pass its borders, but fewer than 13 percent of its species are adequately protected across their global range, it won’t matter what we do in Australia or in Europe if these birds are losing their habitat somewhere else – they will still perish.

  4. Arun Prasad:

    The migratory birds travel along a path known as the Central Asian Flyway, which covers regions like Siberia, Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan.

  5. Manuel Valls:

    Manuel Valls is being deliberately vague when he talks about a fairer distribution of foreigners washing up on Europe's shores - which is tantamount to an increase in the migratory burden already weighing on France.

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