emigrant
emigrant
em·i·grant
E0111500 (ĕm′ĭ-grənt)emigrant
(ˈɛmɪɡrənt)em•i•grant
(ˈɛm ɪ grənt)n.
| Noun | 1. |  emigrant - someone who leaves one country to settle in another |
| 单词 | emigrant | |||
| 释义 | emigrantemigrantem·i·grantE0111500 (ĕm′ĭ-grənt)emigrant(ˈɛmɪɡrənt)em•i•grant(ˈɛm ɪ grənt)n.
emigrantnounemigrate(ˈemigreit) verbEmigrantEmigrantin biology, an animal that leaves its natural habitat, migrating beyond the boundaries of its accustomed area of distribution. The migration of such animals is frequently massive and is usually related to mass reproduction, which results in a shortage of food and, therefore, in the departure of animals from their natural habitat. Examples of emigrants are lemmings, squirrels, nutcrackers, Pallas’s sandgrouse, various species of swarming locusts, and sometimes the steppe lemming (Lagurus lagurus), as well as butterflies and their caterpillars and dragonflies. Emigrants perish in large numbers while moving. Some drown when crossing rivers, and many fall victim to predators. They frequently fail to find a suitable new habitat and die. There have been some cases in which animals’ areas of distribution have been expanded as a result of migration. Examples in the 20th century include the population of Kamchatka by squirrels in the 1920’s and the population of the Antilles Islands by the buff-backed heron (Bubulcus ibis) in the 1930’s. EmigrantEMIGRANT. One who quits his country for any lawful reason, with a design to settle elsewhere, and who takes his family and property, if he has any, with him. Vatt. b. 1, c. 19, Sec. 224. emigrant
Synonyms for emigrant
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