Dictionary entry

Migratory

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mi″gra‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. migratoire.]

1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.

2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life.

Migratory locust(Zoöl.) See Locust. — Migratory thrush(Zoöl.), the American robin. See Robin.