migratory

adjective

1. migrating.
2. periodically migrating: a migratory species; migratory workers.
3. pertaining to a migration:migratory movements of birds.
4. roving; nomadic; wandering.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by migration
2. nomadic; itinerant

adj.1753, from Latin migrat-, past participle stem of migrare “to movefrom one place to another” (see migration) + -ory.

1. Traveling from one place to another at regular times of year, often over long distances. Salmon, whales, and swallows are all migratory animals.