remigrant

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noun

A migrant who returns to their former country.

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Meanings

nounremigrant (plural remigrants)

plural remigrants

  1. A migrant who returns to their former country.
  2. biologyAn insect that migrates back to a previous host.

    In host-alternating aphids the remigrants, which give birth to the mating females, are the first to arrive on the primary host […]

    2012, A. F. G. Dixon, Aphid Ecology: An optimization approach, page 51

Origin

From re- + migrant.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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