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flyway [f. fly v.1 + way n.1 7.] The route taken by birds during migration; also in extended use (see quot. 19482).
1891Outing (U.S.) Dec. 222 But a few years ago San Diego Bay was gay with life as we rowed across it to the mouth of the Spanish Bight, which was then a favorite ‘fly way’ of this bird. 1948Brit. Birds XLI. 279 The Yukon delta described as perhaps the richest breeding ground and migration flyway of arctic birds ever discovered. 1948Conservation in Action V. 8/1 The term ‘flyway’ denotes a vast geographic region that is occupied by definite bird populations and contains both breeding and wintering grounds, connected by..migration routes. 1962Times 26 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. xv/6 Wildfowl are abundant in the prairie provinces, on the central flyway. 1971Country Life 25 Feb. 435/2 It [sc. Ireland] is indeed the terminus of two wildfowl flyways. |