'Migratory' definitions:
Definition of 'migratory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds" [ant: nonmigratory, resident]
adjective
Habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers" [syn: migrant, migratory]
Definition of 'Migratory'
From: GCIDE
- Migratory \Mi"gra*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. migratoire.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life. [1913 Webster]
- Migratory locust (Zool.) See Locust.
- Migratory thrush (Zool.), the American robin. See Robin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'migratory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- circumforaneous,
- discursive,
- divagatory,
- drifting,
- errant,
- flitting,
- floating,
- footloose,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- fugitive,
- gadding,
- gypsy-like,
- gypsyish,
- landloping,
- meandering,
- migrant,
- migrational,
- mobile,
- nomad,
- nomadic,
- rambling,
- ranging,
- roaming,
- roving,
- shifting,
- straggling,
- straying,
- strolling,
- traipsing,
- transient,
- transitory,
- transmigratory,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- wandering