abmigration

English

Etymology

ab- +‎ migration

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæbˌmaɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˈæbˌmaɪ.ɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

abmigration (countable and uncountable, plural abmigrations)

  1. (ornithology) A northward summer migration of birds without a corresponding southward migration the previous autumn.[1]

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References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove, editor (1909), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., published 1976, →ISBN, page 4

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