migrate

migrate
intransitive verb (migrated; migrating) Etymology: Latin migratus, past participle of migrare; perhaps akin to Greek ameibein to change Date: 1697 1. to move from one country, place, or locality to another 2. to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding 3. to change position in an organism or substance <
filarial worms migrate within the human body
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migration nounmigrational adjectivemigrator noun

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