intermigration

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noun

reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration

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Meanings

nounintermigration (countable and uncountable, plural intermigrations)

plural intermigrations

  1. countableuncountablereciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration

    point of Access and mutual Intercourſe and possibility of Intermigrations

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC
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    […]the mountain ranges blocked intermigrations. The Himalayas blocked exchanges between north and south. Finally, with the advent of desert conditions in Arabia and Baluchistan, there was again almost no interchange between the oriental and Ethiopian regions.

    1969, Wilma George, Animals and Maps

Origin

From inter- + migration.

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APA

intermigration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermigration

MLA

“intermigration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermigration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intermigration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermigration.

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