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. — older

    ruОсенью перелётные птицы летят на юг. — al_ex_an_der

    deIm Herbst fliegen die Zugvögel nach Süden. — al_ex_an_der

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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.

  5. In winter, the migratory birds head south.

    deIm Winter ziehen die Zugvögel Richtung Süden. — Melang

Translations

6 languages
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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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