as in migrant
having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis
most of the apple crop is picked by migratory workers migratory birds heading south for the winter
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In the northern reaches of the state, visitors can marvel at massive megafauna as well as fascinating plant species found only in the U.S. South, while the state’s Golden Isles are a top-tier birding destination thanks to their abundance of resident and migratory avian species.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Pacific bluefin tuna are large, migratory fish found throughout the biggest ocean on Earth.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
An obvious reason for this gap is the submergence of Sundaland that began about 400,000 years ago, wiping away most migratory routes our H. erectus ancestors would have crossed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
New Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is already implementing the same playbook, issuing orders to ramp up oil and gas leasing, weaken migratory bird protections and consider changes to national monuments boundaries for the sake of increasing fossil fuel production.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Pacific bluefin tuna are large, migratory fish found throughout the biggest ocean on Earth.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
An obvious reason for this gap is the submergence of Sundaland that began about 400,000 years ago, wiping away most migratory routes our H. erectus ancestors would have crossed.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
New Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is already implementing the same playbook, issuing orders to ramp up oil and gas leasing, weaken migratory bird protections and consider changes to national monuments boundaries for the sake of increasing fossil fuel production.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Migratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migratory. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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