Word Meanings - MIGRATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 See Locust. -- Migratory thrush , the American robin.

Additional info about word: MIGRATORY

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 See Locust. -- Migratory thrush , the American robin. See Robin.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MIGRATORY)

• Locomotive
• Migratory
• Nomad
• Pastoral
• vagrant
• Arab
• Scythian
• roving
• migratory

Related words: (words related to MIGRATORY)

• ROVINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• NOMADE
  See N
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• VAGRANTNESS
  State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
• NOMADIAN
  A nomad.
• NOMADISM
  The state of being a nomad.
• NOMAD
  One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. (more info) cf. F. nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb,
• ROVINGNESS
  The state of roving.
• VAGRANTLY
  In a vagrant manner.
• ROVING
  1. The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine. 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a
• NOMADIZE
  To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke.
• VAGRANT
  waucrer, wacrer, walcrer, to wander , but influenced by F. vagant, p. pr. of vaguer to stray, L. vagari. 1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled. That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took. Prior. While leading
• PASTORALE
  A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time. 2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
• ROVER
  A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball. Casual marks at uncertain distances. Encyc. Brit. A sort of arrow. All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt
• LOCOMOTIVENESS; LOCOMOTIVITY
  The power of changing place.
• PASTORAL
  1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. Pastoral staff , a staff, usually of the form
• MIGRATORY
  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 See Locust. -- Migratory thrush , the American robin.
• NOMADIC
  Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.
• LOCOMOTIVE
  1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal. 2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
• SCYTHIAN
  Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants. Scythian lamb. See Barometz.
• PROVERBIAL
  1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• CONTROVERSER
  A disputant.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• CORROVAL
  A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• PROVINCIALLY
  In a provincial manner.
• CONTROVERSAL
  1. Turning or looking opposite ways. The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. 2. Controversal. Boyle.
• APPROVING
  Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
• IMPROVISATRICE
  See IMPROVVISATRICE
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• PROVINE
  To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. Johnson. (more info) plant, OF. provain, from L. propago, -aginis, akin to propagare to
• MEROVINGIAN
  Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France. -- n.
• SACROVERTEBRAL
  Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
• PROVENCAL
  Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
• RETROVERT
  To turn back.
• DROVY
  Turbid; muddy; filthy. Chaucer.