the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another.
adj. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Given to or characterized by migration; roving or removing from place to place; unsettled: as, the pastoral tribes of uncivilized men are generally migratory; to lead a migratory life.
Pertaining or relating to migration or to a tendency to migrate.
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adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
adj. used of animals that move seasonally
Word Usage
"We dream of birds, watch them pepper the sky in migratory lines that coil and uncoil such hard instincts in deep September."