See Also: Migratory(medicine)
migratory(dictionary)
migratory(dictionary)
migratory cell(medicine)
migratory pneumonia(medicine)
Necrolytic migratory erythema(medicine)
benign migratory glossitis(medicine)
glossitis, benign migratory(medicine)

migratory (iou)



migratory adjective. E18.
[from MIGRATE + -ORY2.]
1. Characterized by or given to (esp. periodical or seasonal) migration. E18.
migratory locust any of various locusts which periodically increase suddenly in numbers, undergo mass migrations, and devastate vegetation; spec. Locusta migratoria, widespread in the Old World tropics.
J. A. Hammerton A migratory fish which comes to the islands in autumn. W. Lippmann The inevitable and desirable human resistance to a migratory existence.
2. Of or pertaining to migration. M18.
Bird Watching The staggering migratory feats of the Arctic tern.
migratorial adjective (rare) migratory M19.