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migratory

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migratory [′mī·grə‚tȯr·ē]
(meteorology)
Commonly applied to pressure systems embedded in the westerlies and, therefore, moving in a general west-to-east direction.


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On this hint, attempts have been made to construct elaborate migratory charts of the sperm whale.
From the high, swaying seat of his hansom he looks upon his fellow-men as nomadic particles, of no account except when possessed of migratory desires.
The blood-sucking bats were comparatively few, and the migratory sort fewer still.
 
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