migration
Pronunciation: /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
The English word “migration” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- Movement in general.
- Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
- The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
Etymology
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“to migrate”). Morphologically migrate + -ion.
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