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

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  1. a. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.
  2. a. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life.
  3. adj. used of animals that move seasonally
  4. adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
  5. 1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds. 2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life. Migratory locust (Zoöl.) See Locust. -- Migratory thrush (Zoöl.), the American robin. See Robin.
  6. j:100 a. used of animals that move seasonally