migratory adj

1 used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds" [ant: nonmigratory]

2 habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers" [syn: migrant]

English

Adjective

1. (of birds, etc) that migrate

Antonyms

• sedentary

Translations

Related terms

• migration
• nonmigratory

Human Migration

• Human migration, a person or animal leaving its own home to go to a new place or residence.

Historical Migrations

• Historical migration, an overview
• Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions, occurring in Europe within the period of roughly AD 300-700
• Turkic migration, the migration of Turkic peoples across Asia, Europe and the Middle East between the 6th and 11th centuries
• Bantu migration, the migration of speakers of Bantu languages throughout sub-Saharan Africa
• Muslim conquests, by which Arabs migrated across Asia, Africa and Europe between 632 and 732
• Ostsiedlung, medieval eastward migration and settlement of Germans from modern day Western and Central Germany
• Mongol invasions, the great migrations of Mongol and Turkic tribes under Genghis Khan and his descendants during the 13th century
• Great Migration (Puritan), the two large migrations of Puritans from England to North America around 1630
• Great Serb Migrations, the two large migrations of Serbs in 1692 and 1737 from the Ottoman Empire to the Habsburg Monarchy
• Great Migration (African American), the movement of African Americans out of the Southern United States from 1914 to 1950
• Transatlantic migrations, the movement of settlers across the Atlantic Ocean to North and South America

Types of Migration

• Emigration, leaving one's native country to live in another
• Immigration, arriving to live in a new country
• Chain migration, the mechanism by which foreign nationals are allowed to immigrate due to the acquired citizenship of an adult relative
• Forced migration, the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region
• Free migration, a belief that people should be able to migrate to whatever country they choose, free of substantial barriers
• Illegal immigration, immigration that defies the laws of the arrival country
• Mass migrations, the movement of a large group of people from one geographical area to another
• Political migration, a migration motivated primarily by political interests
• Rural-urban migration, the moving of people from rural areas into cities
• Seasonal human migration, Migration which is held by season changes
• The activity of nomads, communities that continually move from one place to another

Animal Migration

Most animal migrations involve seasonal movements to an area for breeding.

• Bird migration
  • Reverse migration, a phenomenon in bird migration
• Fish migration
• Insect migration
• Diel vertical migration, a daily migration undertaken by some ocean organisms

Other Migrations

Science

• Microscopic motion of material caused by an external force, distinct from spontaneous diffusion, for example electromigration, in physical chemistry and material science
• Cell migration, in biology
• Planetary migration, in astronomy
• Geophysical migration, in geophysics

Computers

• System migration, moving computer programs from one platform to another
• Data migration, moving information between data storage devices
• Process migration, in computer & application programming

Fictional

• Great Migrations (Greyhawk), a concept in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game

Body Modification

• Piercing migration, a process that occurs when a body piercing moves from its initial location

Songs

• "Migrate" is the name of a song from Mariah Carey's album E=MC²

Migration of Music

• All musicians are always trying to make the most authentic and/or original music possible. Although it constantly appears as though music from one place is being linked back to another music that is foreign to the area. It goes along the lines of Conservation of Energy, music never really changes it is just reconfigured and recompiled to create a new form. A great example of migrating music is dance hall and reggae from Jamaica and how it changed into reggaeton for Puerto Rico. “…Reggaeton calls attention to the centrality of black culture and the migration of peoples and ideas in and out of Puerto Rico…” The immigration was from both Jamaica and Africa. The music moved from one place to another and the new region and culture took in dance hall and reggae and turned it into reggaeton.

References

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