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nonmigratory

adjective
non·​mi·​gra·​to·​ry | \ ËŒnän-ˈmÄ«-grÉ™-ËŒtȯr-Ä“ How to pronounce nonmigratory (audio) \

Definition of nonmigratory

: not relating to, engaging in, or characterized by migration : not migratory nonmigratory birds Remote ocean islands—where many nonmigratory species live permanently and others nest—are being transformed by agriculture …— Michael Harwood

Examples of nonmigratory in a Sentence

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 So, there's a chance that the commercial populations were simply originally source from a nonmigratory population. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Declining monarch-butterfly populations may be hard to restore," 25 June 2019 The measure has been taken in the past to keep nonmigratory goose populations in check. — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Lac La Belle will have a goose roundup again this year," 21 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of nonmigratory

circa 1856, in the meaning defined above

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