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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

migration
    n 1: the movement of persons from one country or locality to
         another
    2: a group of people migrating together (especially in some
       given time period)
    3: (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from
       one place to another within a molecule
    4: the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds
       or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Migration \Mi*gra"tion\, n. [L. migratio: cf. F. migration.]
   The act of migrating.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Migration:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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