mignumite

[Etym.doubtful, but probably from Gr. mignymi to mix, in allusion to the composition.] Min.: The same as MAGNETITE (q. v.). mi-grant, adj. & s. [Lat. migrans, pr. par. of migro to migrate (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Migrating, migratory. B. As subst.: One who or that which migrates; spec if., a migratory bird or other animal. mi-grāte, v . i . [Lat. migratus , pa. par. of migro to wander; Ital. migrare .] To pa or remove from one place of residence to another; to change one's residence or place of abode, especially from one country to another; spec if., of birds, ., to pa from a colder to a warmer climate in the autumn, returning in the spring. "The people of Cavan migrated in one body to Enniskillen."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xii. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, of birds which reside only a part of the year, arriving and leaving at tolerably fixed epochs. Most of the birds that spend their spring and summer in the temperate parts of this country pa the winter in the far south; the winter visitants pa the summer in the extreme north, some of them breeding in Green land, Lapland, or Iceland. It is probable that what may be called "the instinct of migration" in such birds has arisen from the habit of wandering in search of food, greatly exaggerated by the powers of flight, and by the nece ity for procuring a large amount of soft insect food for their unfledged young. Many sea-fishes migrate to a limited extent for the purpose of depositing their spawn in favorable situations. 2. Bot .: Many seeds have downy or feathery appendages which when wind blows influence their motion through the air; others are floated down rivers to alluvial sands near their mouths; the ocean may cast them on distant shores, or regions, now disconnected, may at a former geological period have been united. mi-gra-tōr-y, a . [As if from a Lat. migrator i us , from migratus , pa. par. of migro to migrate (q.v.); Fr. migratoire ; Ital. & Sp. migratorio . I. Ordinary Language : 1. Removing or pa ing from one place of residence or resort to another; changing one's abode. 2. Wandering in habits; roving, nomadic, unset tled; as, to lead a migratory life. 3. Pertaining or disposed to migration. "This purpose is sometimes carried on by a sort of migratory instinct, sometimes by the spirit of conquest." -Burke : Abridg. of Eng . Hist . , bk. ii., ch. ii. II. Zobl., Ornith., & c .: A term applied to animals, and more especially to birds, which reside in their ordinary habitat only during a period of the year, migrating at certain seasons to other countries where the temperature and surroundings are more in consonance with their general habits.