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What does migration mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word migration? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
  2. Seasonal moving for animals, as birds or fishes, to breed or find a new home.
  3. Movement in general.
  4. (computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
  5. (biochemistry) The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.
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They are vital feeding grounds on migration flyways for shorebirds travelling between the Arctic and Africa.
At the height of glaciation the Bering land bridge potentially permitted migration of mammals, including people, to North America from Siberia.
The outward migration of people from the city has hurt the city's economy greatly.
Barbarian migration stabilized in much of Europe, although Northern Europe was greatly affected by the Viking expansion.
In general, the depositional history of the Gulf Coast has been one of overall gulfward migration of the shoreline and Continental Shelf edge.
The primary physiological cue for migration are the changes in the day length.

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