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translocate Definition

trans·lo·cate (--lō′kāt′)

transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing

to cause to change location or position

translocate Usage Examples

Object

  • osprey: Like all the 2001 translocated Ospreys, the Rutland chick was fitted with a red ring with white lettering on its right leg.
  • juvenile: Another of the translocated juveniles has survived to adulthood!
  • herbicide: This type of herbicide is known as a non-residual translocated herbicide.
  • bird: A total of 12 translocated birds are now known to have returned to the UK.
  • male: It was number 02, a translocated bird male.
  • chick: This prompted conservationists to translocate 60 chicks to Rutland Water, in the East Midlands.

Modifying Another Word

  • successfully: If red squirrels can be successfully translocated into these untapped habitats their status in Ireland may be assured.
  • then: How is this large complex then translocated across the cytoplasmic membrane?
  • not: This is because herbicides do not translocate well through the plant.

Followed by an intransitive particle

down: The glyphosate is taken in through the leaves of the weed, is translocated down to the root.