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Definition: Migratory |
MigratoryAdjective1. Of or related to migration; "migratory patterns". 2. Used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds. 3. Habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "migratory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references) |
Etymology: Migratory \Mi"gra*to*ry\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression migratoire.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Long-distance land bird migration
Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere.
There is a strong genetic component to migration in terms of timing and route, but this may be modified by environmental influences. An interesting example where a change of migration route has occurred because of such a geographical barrier is the trend for some Blackcaps in central Europe to migrate west and winter in Great Britain rather than cross the Alps.
The advantage of the migration strategy is that, in the long days of the northern summer, breeding birds have more hours to feed their young on often abundant food supplies, particularly insects. As the days shorten in autumn and food supplies become scarce, the birds can return to warmer regions where the length of the day varies less and there is an all year round food supply.
The downside of migration is the hazards of the journey, especially when difficult habitats such as deserts and oceans must be crossed, and weather conditions may be adverse.
The risks of predation are also high. The Eleanora's Falcon which breeds on Mediterranean islands has a very late breeding season, timed so that autumn passerine migrants can be hunted to feed its young.
Whether a particular species migrates depends on a number of factors. The climate of the breeding area is important, and few species can cope with the harse winters of inland Canada or northern Eurasia. Thus the Blackbird Turdus merula is migratory in Scandinavia, but not in the milder climate of southern Europe.
The nature of the staple food is also important. Most specialists insect eaters are long-distance migrants, and have little choice but to head south in winter.
Sometimes the factors are finely balanced. The Whinchat Saxicola rubetra of Europe is a long-distance migrant wintering in the tropics, whereas its close relative, the Stonechat Saxicola torquata is resident in most of its range, and moves only short distances from the colder north and east.
Certain areas, because of their location, have become famous as watchpoints for migrating birds. Examples are the Point Pelee National Park in Canada, and Spurn in England. Drift migration of birds blown off course by the wind can result in "falls" of large numbers of migrants at coastal sites.
Another cause of birds occurring outside their normal ranges is the "spring overshoot" in which birds returning to their breeding areas overshoot and end up further north than intended.
A mechanism which can lead to great rarities turning up as vagrants thousands of kilometres out of range is reverse migration, where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly.
Recent research suggests that long-distance passerine migrants are of South American and African, rather than northern hemisphere, evolutionary origins. They are effectively southern species coming north to breed rather than northern species going south to winter.
Broad-winged long distance migrants
Some large broad-winged birds rely on thermal columns of rising hot air to enable them to soar. These include many birds of prey such as vultures, eagles and buzzards, but also storks.
Migratory species in these groups have great difficulty crossing large bodies of water, since thermals can only form over land, and these birds cannot maintain active flight for long distances.
The Mediterranean therefore presents a major obstacle to soaring birds, which are forced to cross at the narrowest points. This means that massive numbers of large raptors and storks pass through areas such as Gibraltar, Falsterbo and the Bosphorus at migration times. Commoner species, such as the Honey Buzzard can be counted in hundreds of thousands in autumn.
Other barriers, such as mountain ranges, can also cause funnelling, particularly of the large diurnal migrants.
Short-distance land bird migration
The long distance migrants in the previous section are effectively genetically programmed to respond to changing lengths of days. However many species move shorter distances, but may do so only in response to harsh weather conditions.
Thus mountain and moorland breeders, like the Wallcreeper and White-throated Dipper may move only altitudinally to escape the cold higher ground. Other species like the Merlin and Skylark will move further to the coast or to a more southerly region.
Species like the Chaffinch are not migratory in Great Britain, but will move south or to Ireland in very cold weather. Interesting, in Scandinavia, the female of this species migrates, but not the male, giving rise to the specific name coelebs, a batchelor.
Short distance passerine migrants have two evolutionary origins. Those which have long distance migrants in the same family, like the Chiffchaff, are species of southern hemisphere origins which have progressively shortened their return migration so that they stay in the northern hemisphere.
Those species which have no long distance migratory relative, like the waxwings, are effectively moving in response to winter weather, rather than enhanced breeding opportunities.
Wildfowl and wader migration
The typical image of migration is of northern landbirds such as swallows and birds of prey making long flights to the tropics. Many northern breeding ducks geese and swans are also long-distance migrants, but need only to move from their arctic breeding grounds far enough south to escape frozen waters.
This means that most wildfowl remain in the Northern hemisphere, but in milder countries. For example, the Pink-footed Goose migrates from Iceland to Great Britain and neighbouring countries. Usually wintering grounds are traditional and learned by the young when they migrate with their parents.
Some ducks, such as the Garganey, do move completely or partially into the tropics.
A similar situation occurs with waders (called "shorebirds" in North America). Many species, such as Dunlin and Western Sandpiper undertake long movements from their arctic breeding grounds to warmer locations in the same hemisphere, but others like Semipalmated Sandpiper travel huge distances to the tropics.
Most of the wildfowl are large and powerful, and even the waders are strong fliers. This means that birds wintering in temperate regions have the capacity to make further shorter movements in the event of particularly inclement weather.
Seabird migration
Much of what has been said in the previous section applies to many seabirds. Some, like the Black Guillemot and some gulls are quite sedentary, others, such as most of the terns and auks breeding in the temperate northen hemisphere move south varying distances in winter. The Arctic Tern sees more daylight than any other bird, moving from its arctic breeding grounds to the antarctic wintering areas. Seabirds, of course, have the advantage that they can feed on migration.
The most pelagic species, mainly in the order Procellariiformes, are great wanderers, and the albatrosses of the southern oceans may circle the globe as they ride the "roaring forties" outside the breeding season. The tubenoses in general spread thinly over large areas of open ocean, but congregate when food becomes available.
Pelagic birding trips attract petrels and other procellarids by tipping "chum", a mixture of fish oil and offal, into the sea. Within minutes, a previously apparently empty ocean is full of petrels, fulmars and shearwaters attracted by the food.
A few seabirds, like Wilson's Petrel, and Great Shearwater are amongst the few species that breed in the southern hemispehere and migrate north in the southern winter.
Migration in the tropics
In the tropics there is little variation in the length of day throughout the year, and it is always warm enough for an adequate food supply. Apart from the seasonal movements of northern hemisphere wintering species, most species are in the broadest sense resident. However many species undergo movements of varying distances depending on the rainfall.
Many tropical regions have wet and dry seasons, the monsoons of India being perhaps the best known example. An example of a bird whose distribution is rain associated is the Woodland Kingfisher of west Africa.
There are a few species, notably cuckoos, which are genuine long-distance migrants within the tropics. An example is the Lesser Cuckoo, which breeds in India and winters in Africa.
In the high mountains, such as the Himalayas and the Andes, there are of course also altitudinal movements of greater or lesser extent by many species.
Migration in Australasia
Bird migration is primarily, but not entirely, a Northern Hemisphere phenomenon. In the Southern Hemisphere, seasonal migration tends to be much less marked. There are several reasons for this.
First, the largely uninterupted expanses of land mass or ocean tend not to funnel migrations into narrow and obvious pathways, making them less obvious to the human observer. Second, at least for terrestrial birds, climatic regions tend to fade into one another over a long distance rather than be entirely separate: this means that rather than make long trips over unsuitable habitat to reach particular destinations, migrant species can usually travel at a relaxed pace, feeding as they go: short of banding studies it is often not obvious that the birds seen in any particular locality as the seasons change are in fact different members of the same species passing through, gradually working their way north or south.
Relatively few Australasian birds migrate in the way that so many European and North American species do. This is largely a matter of geography: the Australasian climate has seasonal extremes no less compelling than those of Europe, however they are far less predictable and tend to take place over periods both shorter and longer. A couple of weeks of heavy rain in one part or another of the usually dry centre of Australia, for example, produces dramatic plant and invertebrate growth, attracting birds from all directions. This can happen at any time of year, summer or winter and, in any given area, may not happen again for a decade or more.
Broader climatic extremes are highly unpredictable also: expected seasonal heat or rain arrives or does not arrive, depending on the vaguaries of El Niño: it is commonplace to have stretches of five or ten years at a time when winter rains do not eventuate during the El Niño cycle, and equally common to have La Niña periods which turn arid zones into areas of lush grass and shallow lakes. Long distance migration requires a heavy investment in time and body mass—and given the random nature of El Niño, an investment with an uncertain return.
In broad, Australasian birds tend to be sedantry or nomadic, moving on whenever conditions become unfavourable, to whichever area happens to be more suitable at the time.
There are many exceptions, however. Some species make the long haul to breed in far distant northern climes every year, notably swifts, and a great many wading birds that breed in the Arctic Circle during the southern winter.
Many others arrive for the southern spring and summer to breed, then fly to tropical northern Australia, New Guinea, or the islands of South East Asia for the Southern winter. Examples include cuckoos, the Satin Flycatcher, the Dollarbird, and the Rainbow Bee-eater.
Others again are altitudinal migrants, moving to higher country during summer, returning to warmer areas in winter like several robins, or travel north and south with the seasons but within a relatively restricted range. The tiny 10 cm Silvereye is an example: most of the southernmost Tasmanian race crosses the 200 miles of Bass Strait after breeding to disperse into Victoria, South Australia, NSW and even southern Queensland, replacing the normal residents who fly still further north, following the band of fertile country along the coast, feeding through the day and travelling mostly at night. The northernmost populations, however, are nomadic rather than migratory, as are the Silvereyes of southern Western Australia, which is bounded by thousands of miles of desert to the north and east, and sea to the south and west.
See also
- Bird ringing
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bird migration."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. In most cases organisms migrate to avoid local shortages of food, usually caused by winter.Birds often migrate. The longest known migration is the Arctic Tern, which migrates from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year.
Whales, butterflies, moths, humanss, and lemmings are also known to migrate.
See also: Völkerwanderung, migrant
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Migration."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| mif | English | Migratory inhibitory factor | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: MigratorySynonym: migrant (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonmigratory (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Journey | Adjective: traveling; Verb: ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic; circumforanean, circumforaneous; noctivagrant, mundivagrant; locomotive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Migratory |
| English words defined with "migratory": Balaenoptera musculus, Bird of passage, blue whale, bobolink ♦ curlew ♦ Danaus plexippus, diadromous, Dolichonyx oryzivorus ♦ Ectopistes migratorius, Eurasian woodcock ♦ fall armyworm ♦ genus Melanoplus, goose ♦ Limicolae, locust ♦ Melanoplus, milkweed butterfly, monarch, monarch butterfly ♦ Of passage ♦ Passenger falcon, passenger pigeon ♦ reedbird, ricebird, robin redbreast ♦ Scolopax rusticola, Spodoptera frugiperda, suborder Limicolae, sulfur bottom ♦ turnstone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "migratory": Diazinon ♦ easterly wave ♦ Fish and Wildlife Service ♦ GEOGRAPHER ♦ MBTA ♦ Neotropical migrant, North American Waterfowl Management Plan ♦ Office of Migrant Education ♦ Partners in Flight, Prairie potholes, prevailing westerlies ♦ Wildlife Refuges. (references) |
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 | The Mediterranean and Black Seas fall within the same FAO statistical area (Area 37) but, apart from some migratory species, their fisheries and resources are mostly separate. The total catch from Area 37 showed a generally positive trend until the mid-1980's, reaching about 2 million tons. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Resident and migratory birds use shallow lagoons during the nesting season. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | A migratory potato picker in a field owned by T.C. Sawyer. Belcross, NC. July 1940. Credit: USDA. |  | Florida migratory worker gathering onions in a field. Accomac (vicinity), VA. July 1940. Credit: USDA. |
 | International Migratory Bird Day being celebrated with a picnic. Credit: Mel Ingeroi. |  | Etching of Canada Geese by Richard E. Bishop, famous for his waterfowl paintings and etchings. The design illustrates the use of leg bands on birds to trace their migratory patterns. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |
 | Typical slaughter of migratory birds at Orange, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lunch for children at the FSA (Farm Security Administration)'s mobile camp for migratory farm workers, Odell, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona. FSA (Farm Security Administration) migratory workers community. Home economics class. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Families of migratory workers in front of their row shelters, FSA ... labor camp, Robstown, Tex. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | In dogs and cats, these ascarids have a migratory cycle similar to A. lumbricoides. (references) | |
For both viruses, migratory birds may play an important role in the natural transmission cycles and spread. (references) | ||
Musculoskeletal manifestations may include migratory joint and muscle pains with or without objective signs of joint swelling. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Benin | The Government's policy toward the seasonal movement of livestock allows migratory Fulani herdsmen from other countries to enter freely; the Government does not enforce designated entry points. (references) |
Economic History | Qatar | Natives of the Arabian Peninsula, most Qataris are descended from a number of migratory tribes that came to Qatar in the 18th century to escape the harsh conditions of the neighboring areas of Nejd and Al-Hasa. (references) |
Marshall Islands | Researchers agree on little more than that successive waves of migratory peoples from Southeast Asia spread across the Western Pacific about 3,000 years ago and that some of them landed on and remained on these islands. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Germany | Under this program, the Government plans to spend approximately $373,000 (DM 822,000) over 3 years to establish a "National Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Women and Violence Against Women in the Migratory Process." The Ministry has lobbied states successfully to provide victims of trafficking who have been detained by police 4 weeks to leave the country, rather than have them face immediate deportation. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside. Habeam, geographer of wide reknown, Native of Abu-Keber's ancient town, In passing thence along the river Zam To the adjacent village of Xelam, Bewildered by the multitude of roads, Got lost, lived long on migratory toads, Then from exposure miserably died, And grateful travelers bewailed their guide. Henry Haukhorn |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We should embark upon a major effort to provide self-help assistance to the forgotten in our midst-the American Indians and the migratory farm workers. |
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| "Migratory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.20% of the time. "Migratory" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.2% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.8% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "migratory": migratory balance ♦ migratory bird ♦ migratory fish ♦ migratory grasshopper ♦ migratory herding ♦ migratory instinct ♦ migratory labor ♦ migratory locust ♦ migratory quail ♦ migratory species ♦ migratory thrush. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "migratory": non-migratory. | |
Containing "migratory": non-migratory bird. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "migratory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtegtues (migrant, nomad, nomadic, peregrine), shtegtar (migrant, nomad, of passage, peregrinator). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهاجر (emigrant, emigrating, immigrant, migrant), متنقل (ambulant, itinerant, mobile, portable, roving, shifting, strolling), مترحل (nomadic, rover, roving), هجري. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скитнически (nomadic, roving, vagabond, vagabondish, vagrant), миграционен (emigratory, migrant), преселнически, прелетен (emigratory). (various references) | |
Chinese | 迁移 (migration, out-migration, translocation). (various references) | |
Czech | tažný (migrant), stìhovavý (migrant). (various references) | |
Danish | migrantstrøm (migratory flow), mobil kvote (migratory quota, specialization quota), nomadeflok (migratory herd, nomadic flock, nomadic herd), B-kvote (migratory quota, specialization quota), FN's aftale om fælles fiskebestande og stærkt vandrende fiskearter (UNFA, United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks), folkevandringsudligning (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), gennemflyvning begynder (migratory passage begins), Konventionen om beskyttelse af migrerende arter af vilde dyr (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals), Konventionen om beskyttelse af migrerende arter af vilde dyr,Bonn,29-6-1979 (Convention on the Protection of Migratory Species of Wild Animals), nettoafgang paa grund af vandring (migration deficit, migratory deficit, net emigration, net loss, net out-emigration), nettofravandring (migration deficit, migratory deficit, net emigration, net loss, net out-emigration), befolkningsbevaegelse (migration movement, migratory movement), nettovandring (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), vandringsstrøm (migratory flow), specialiseringskvote (migratory quota, specialization quota), traekfugl (migratory bird), traekruter (migratory paths), transhumance (migratory herding, transhumance), vandoende faareflok (migratory herd, nomadic flock), vandregraeshoppe (migratory locust), vandrende blodceller (migratory blood cells), vandrende faarehold (migratory herding, transhumance), vandresot (migratory epidemic), vandring (drift, migration, migratory flow, trailing, travel, wander), vandringsbalance (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), vandringssaldo (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), nettoudvandring (migration deficit, migratory deficit, net emigration, net loss, net out-emigration). (various references) | |
Dutch | migratie (migration, migratory flow), migratiebalans (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), migratiebeweging (migration movement, migratory movement), migratiesaldo (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), migratiestroom (migratory flow), migratoire schapenhouderij (migratory herding, transhumance), migrerende kudde (migratory herd, nomadic flock), migrerende soort (migratory species), reizend quotum (migratory quota, specialization quota), bepalingen van het Verdrag van de Verenigde Naties inzake het recht van de zee van 10 december 1982 die betrekking hebben op de instandhouding en het beheer van de grensoverschrijdende en de over grote afstanden trekkende visbestanden (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and management of straddling stocks(fish which are found both inside and outside exclusive economic zones)and highly migratory fish stocks), B-quotum (migratory quota, specialization quota), emigratie-overschot (migration deficit, migratory deficit, net emigration, net loss, net out-emigration), netto migratie (balance of migration, migration balance, migratory balance, net migration, net migration change), begin van de doortrek (migratory passage begins), Overeenkomst van de VN inzake de grensoverschrijdende en de over grote afstanden trekkende visbestanden (UNFA, United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks), zwerfbloedcellen (migratory blood cells), specialisatiequotum (migratory quota, specialization quota), trekkende kudde (migratory herd, nomadic flock), trekkende schaapskudde (migratory herding, transhumance), treksprinkhaan (migratory locust), trekvis (migratory fish), trekvogel (migratory bird), trekwegen (migratory paths), Verdrag inzake de bescherming van Afrikaans-Euraziatische trekkende watervogels (Agreement on the conservation of African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds), Verdrag inzake de bescherming van trekkende wilde diersoorten (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals), Verdrag inzake de bescherming van trekkende wilde diersoorten,Bonn,29-6-1979 (Convention on the Protection of Migratory Species of Wild Animals), vertrekoverschot (migration deficit, migratory deficit, net emigration, net loss, net out-emigration), zomernomadisme (migratory herding, transhumance), overbrengen van vee naar andere weideterreinen (migratory herding, transhumance). (various references) | |
Farsi | مهاجرت کننده , وابسته به مهاجرت , جابجاشونده (Acrostic, Revulsive). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaeltava (itinerant, wandering). (various references) | |
French | migratoire (migrating), migrateur (migrant), nomade (migrant). (various references) | |
German | wanderndes, wandernd (ambulant, erratic, flitting, floating, hiking, itinerant, migrant, migrating, migratorily, roaming, vagrant, wandering). (various references) | |
Greek | μεταναστευτικόσ (transmigratory), αποδημητικόσ (migrational). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ"'ר (emigrant, immigrant), ו"" (errant, globetrotter, itinerant, migrant, rover, wanderer, wayfarer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vándorlási, költözési, költöző. (various references) | |
Italian | migratorio (migrant), migratore (migrant), migratòrio. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 移動性高気圧 (migratory anticyclone), ワラント債 (110 camera, 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door, bonds with warrants, bow-wow, cost of maintaining a pet dog, doggie fashion, down one out, katakana for "we", katakana for "wi", migratory bird, minivan, non-returnable bottle, once through, one, one down, one step at a time, one touch, one two, one way bottle, one-length, one-man, one-man bus, one-man show, one-piece dress, one-point relief, one-sided, one-step, people-mover, punch, studio apartment, studio flat, version, version-up, violin, vitality, wand, warrant loan, wonder, wonderland), 渡り鳥 (bird of passage, migratory bird), 候鳥 (bird of passage, migratory bird), 回遊魚 (migratory fish). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ワンダーフォーゲル (migratory bird), ワンゲル (cost of maintaining a pet dog, migratory bird), かいゆうぎょ (migratory fish), いどうせい"うきあつ (migratory anticyclone), "うちょう (bird of passage, blush, favourable, flood tide, flush, hard tone, headmaster, high spirits, high tide, in good shape, migratory bird, nightingale, offices of a public or governmental organization, principal, promising, satisfactory, surge), わたりどり (bird of passage, migratory bird). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igratorymay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | migratório (migrating), migrador (migrant), errante (arrant, devious, errant, erring, excursive, gadabout, knockabout, nomad, planetary, rambling, strolling, viatic, wandering). (various references) | |
Romanian | migrator (migrant, mobile), nomad (migrant, nomad, nomadic). (various references) | |
Russian | мигрирующий (anadromous, wandering), блуждающий (errant, extravagant, wandering). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nomadski (nomad, nomadic), koji se seli (migrant). (various references) | |
Spanish | migratorio (migrant). (various references) | |
Swedish | migratorisk, vandrande (planetary, walking, wandering), flyttande (migrant), flytt- (migrant). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งร่อนเร่พเนจร. (various references) | |
Turkish | seyyar (ambulant, ambulatory, itinerant, mobile, portable, roving, traveling, travelling), göçmen (emigrant, immigrant, incomer, migrant, settler), göçebe (immigrant, nomad, roving, vagrant, wanderer, wandering), göç (drift, emigration, exodus, expatriation, immigration, migration, transmigration, trek). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кочовий (migrant, nomad, nomadic, wandering), мандрівний (arrant, errant, itinerant, itinerary, migrant, nomad, nomadic, peripatetic, wandering), перелітний (emigrant, emigratory, migrant, visitant). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | di trú (migrant, transmigratory). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Locusta migratoria, profugus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "migratory": nonmigratory, transmigratory. (additional references) | |
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"Migratory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Micrarter, migrator, migratoria, migratorius, Murgatroid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "migratory" (pronounced mī"grutô'rē) |
| 6 | -r u t ô' r ē | celebratory, declaratory, laboratory, excretory, expiratory, exploratory, oratory, preparatory, territory. |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, articulatory, auditory, circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, contributory, defamatory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, dilatory, discriminatory, laudatory, lavatory, dormitory, exculpatory, explanatory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inflammatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, mandatory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oscillatory, participatory, predatory, prohibitory, purgatory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, respiratory, retaliatory, revelatory, signatory, statutory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-o-r-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: migrator. | |
-2 letters: gyrator, mortary, trigram. | |
-3 letters: armory, martyr, mortar, rarity, rotary. | |
-4 letters: amigo, amity, amort, argot, armor, atomy, gator, goyim, grimy, griot, groat, imago, magot, marry, mayor, moira, moray, ratio, rigor, tarry, tragi, trigo, tryma. | |
-5 letters: agio, airt, airy, amir, army, arty, atom, gait, gamy, giro, girt, goat, gory, gram, grat, gray, grim, grit, grot. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-o-r-r-t-y" | |
+3 letters: microgravity, nonmigratory, transmogrify. | |
+4 letters: martyrologies, martyrologist. | |
+5 letters: martyrologists, transmigratory. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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