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   migration

   /mʌɪˈɡreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. seasonal movement of animals from one region to another: "this butterfly's annual migration across North America" Similar relocationresettlingpopulation movementtranshumancemovingmoving abroademigrationexpatriationpostingexodusdeparturehegiradefectiontrekdiasporaVölkerwanderungdeparturepassageflightrun
   • ▪ movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions: "the extensive rural-to-urban migration has created a severe housing shortage"
   • 2. movement from one part of something to another: "there is virtually no cell migration in plants"

   Derivatives

   • 1. migrational adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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