migrational

Concerning seasonal movement

Migrational describes something relating to or involving migration—the movement of people, animals, or things from one place to another.

Migrational patterns of birds shift with climate change.

The word appears mostly in scientific and academic contexts; in everyday speech, migratory is more common.

movement

route

Path from A to B

  • corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
  • flywayEstablished bird migration path
  • pathwayDesignated route for travel

trajectory · circuit · journey · passage · crossing · dispersal · influx · outflow · exodus · nomadic

human

refugee

Person fleeing danger abroad

colonist · nomad · migrant · displaced · stateless · naturalization · visa · passport · deportation · repatriation

animal

herd

Grazing animals together

  • flockAnimals gathered together
  • swarmMass of moving insects
  • podSeed case or cetacean group

school · colony · flyway · stopover · wintering · breeding · nesting · spawning · overwintering · wildlife

seasonal

breeding

Reproductive cultivation of organisms

summering · overwintering · phenology · flyway · stopover · monsoon · equinox · solstice · hibernation · vernal

Opposites
movement pattern

migrationalstationary

Not in motion

sedentary · nonmigratory · non-migratory · immobile · fixed

permanence of location

migrationalresident

One who inhabits

permanent · residential · endemic · native · established

Phrases
Family

migration, immigration, emigration, migrations, transmigration, remigration

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