migratory restlessness

noun

Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period; zugunruhe.

Meanings

nounmigratory restlessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyAnxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period; zugunruhe.
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