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nonmigrant

nonmigrant

5.4
Not moving to other places and staying in one area all year
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈmaɪɡrənt/
translation icon : no migratorio
  • Unlike their migrant counterparts, nonmigrant animals adapt to life in a fixed environment.

Examples

  • What they feared most about taking Priyadari home was that the village elders would blame them for corrupting younger nonmigrant women.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Many birds are nonmigrant, choosing to stay in the same region throughout the year.

  • Nonmigrant farmworkers used more health care ( FTC migrants had the second highest rates).

    Academic text (2011)

  • The study focused on nonmigrant species that do not leave their habitat in winter.

Synonyms

nonmigratory
vsnonmigrant
7.0

Animals that stay in the same area all year

applies more broadly to any organism or thing that does not move seasonally
nonmigrating
vsnonmigrant
4.5

An animal or bird that stays in the same area all year

focuses on staying in the same area throughout the year

Antonyms

migrant
14 3.7

Moving regularly from place to place, often for seasonal work

How Migratory

nomadic
22 4.9
migratory
1 5.0
nonmigrant
5.4

Surface Forms

nonmigrant positive

Morphology

nonmigrant = migrant (transparent) = non + migrant

A straightforward negation using the productive prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'migrant', producing the opposite meaning.

Etymology

Nonmigrant is made from non- 'not' and migrant 'one who moves', the same idea as the verb migrate or the simple word 'move'. So nonmigrant describes animals or people who do not travel but stay in the same place throughout the year.