flyway Definition
☆ fly·way (flī′wā′)
noun
a flying route taken regularly by migratory birds going to and from their breeding grounds
flyway Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
important: The lake is an important flyway for migrant birds.
Modifies a noun
population: For wildfowl this is the northwest European population; for waders it is the east Atlantic flyway population.
Noun used with modifier
migration: Recent studies have shown that Brora lies on an important migration flyway.
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