migratory - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • salmonids: Farms are often infected by migratory salmonids traveling upstream from other infected areas.
  • waterbird: Annually the UK hosts over 5 million migratory waterbirds.
  • waterfowl: All these conditions are less good for migratory waterfowl which have declined in number.
  • wildfowl: Migratory wildfowl, especially ducks, are natural carriers of the viruses.
  • bird: In the United States climate changes have led to migratory birds arriving up to three weeks earlier in the spring.
  • wader: Migratory waders on the other hand, could find alternative feeding grounds, albeit with loss of numbers.

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: In the north and east they are highly migratory, heading west and south during autumn.
  • not: The species is resident in the UK and is generally not migratory.
  • particularly: This will allow fish, particularly migratory trout, to ascend to their spawning grounds upstream.
  • especially: The flu can affect all types of birds, especially migratory fowl.
  • mainly: Wildfowling involves shooting mainly migratory ducks and geese from the foreshore on marshes and estuaries around the coast.

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