Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Migrating.

    Zug-

  2. (not comparable)Roving; wandering; nomadic.

    migratory habits; a migratory life

More definitions
  • used of animals that move seasonally
  • habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work

Examples

26 sentences
  1. In autumn the migratory birds fly south.

    Восени мігруючі птахи летять на південь.

    ruОсенью перелётные птицы летят на юг.

    deIm Herbst fliegen die Zugvögel nach Süden.

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  2. That one is a migratory species.

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  3. The swallow is a migratory bird.

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  4. Algeria is visited by many migratory birds.

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  5. In winter, the migratory birds head south.

    deIm Winter ziehen die Zugvögel Richtung Süden.

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(of birds, etc) that migrate:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.

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