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adj. - Of or related to the movement of persons from one country or locality to another; Of or related to the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

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  • Noun : preparations for the migration
  • Waterfowl use the site as both a migrational staging area and a wintering ground.
  • This is often dependent upon both the commonality of some lineages as well as migrational histories.
  • The authors verified this by looking at cell protrusions, the telltale signs of a cell's migrational direction.
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