migratory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective used of animals that move seasonally
    • migratory birds
  2. adjective satellite habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
    migrant.
    • appalled by the social conditions of migrant life
    • migratory workers

WordNet

Mi"gra*to*ry adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. migratoire.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913