migrations

noun

the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule

a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

the movement of persons from one country or locality to another

Roots

migromigr- · Latin · move, wander

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