A migratory bird, fish, or animal is one that migrates every year.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Migratory means relating to the migration of people, birds, fish, or animals.
...migratory farm labour.
More Synonyms of migratory
migratory in British English
(ˈmaɪɡrətərɪ, -trɪ)
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characterized by migration
2.
nomadic; itinerant
migratory in American English
(ˈmaɪgrəˌtɔri)
adjective
1.
migrating; characterized by migration
2.
of migration
3.
roving; wandering
Examples of 'migratory' in a sentence
migratory
More recently they have become the focal point of a migratory pattern of a different kind.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet next week watch because a new migratory pattern has taken hold.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That helps to avoid refugee protection becoming an alternative migratory route.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These arctic terns have just made the longest migratory journey any bird makes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He has since spent years training geese to follow migratory routes that avoid hunters.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then we heard the migratory birds going over.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
But what if migratory birds got hold of it?
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Many migratory birds fly at night and hitting the glass windows of lit rooms is an increasingly common hazard for them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Both fish are migratory, and enter rivers from the sea to spawn in summer and autumn.
Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
The birds have eggs, they have migratory patterns.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Penguins are particularly vulnerable to such spills because of their wide-ranging migratory routes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In season, you can spot dolphins and whales on their migratory routes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That period coincides with the next wave of migratory birds returning to Britain for the winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
After all, a migratory bird is surely not the most reliable witness.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This could in theory change, if migratory fish such as salmon could be introduced into the river system.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Numbers at this time of year are always high, as the fish follow their migratory routes along the coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This reference group is likely to reflect the extent to which the household has lived locally throughout its history or has had a migratory pattern of movement.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
How the areas will affect migratory fish, from cod to basking sharks, is less certain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The Prince was there to learn about a nearby elephant corridor, land cleared of villagers so that elephants can pass through on their migratory routes undisturbed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It evokes a specific scene on a winter's day in Yellowstone and weaves it into an account of the natural migratory patterns of a herd of elk.
Porush, David A Short Guide to Writing About Science (1995)
(adjective)
a migratory farm labourer
Synonyms
nomadic
the nomadic tribes of the Western Sahara
travelling
troupes of travelling actors
wandering
a band of wandering musicians
migrant
migrant workers
itinerant
the author's experiences as an itinerant musician
unsettled
shifting
roving
transient
vagrant
a vagrant hitchhiker
peripatetic
Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of itinerant
Definition
working for a short time in various places
the author's experiences as an itinerant musician
Synonyms
wandering,
travelling,
journeying,
unsettled,
roaming,
roving,
nomadic,
migratory,
vagrant,
peripatetic,
vagabond,
ambulatory,
wayfaring
in the sense of migrant
Definition
moving from one place to another
migrant workers
Synonyms
itinerant,
wandering,
drifting,
roving,
travelling,
shifting,
immigrant,
transient,
nomadic,
migratory,
vagrant
in the sense of peripatetic
Definition
travelling from place to place
Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.