migration
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- noun
- /maɪˈɡreɪʃən/
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migración
- Five months later, the sooty shearwater begins his migration all over again, flying north to Hawaii.
- migration patterns
- seasonal migration
- migration routes
Examples
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You could track a fish's migration, beginning to understand its life cycle and its mating habits.
Fiction book (2002) -
Every year, thousands of birds undergo a long migration to find warmer places to breed.
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I found some photos of last year's monarch migration.
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Track the wildlife migrations around the world and explore what is happening locally.
Academic text (2011) -
The importance of the family in the Mennonite migration also reflected the roles of women in this process.
Academic text (1992) -
Most artificial structures constructed across streams not only block fish migration but also alter water flow patterns.
Academic text (2013) -
For years, scientists were stumped by the mystery of whale migration.
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Additional water will flow down the Snake River, aid salmon migration, and improve Nimiipuu fish and habitat projects.
Academic text (2012) -
Feeding begins during the spring migration to the major feeding and spawning grounds.
Academic text (1992) -
Have you ever seen a migration of woollyworm caterpillars crossing the road?
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
Regular movement of animals or people to different places when seasons change
Compounds
Regular movement of animals or people to different places when seasons change
How Regular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Migration comes from the Latin migrare 'to move from one place to another', the same root as migrate. So migration is the regular movement of animals, like birds flying far to find food or a safe place to breed.