migratory

Definition

Migrating.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

Example Sentences

• "To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986)."
• "Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer."
• "migratory habits; a migratory life"

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