emigratory, a.
(ˈɛmɪgreɪtərɪ)
[f. L. ēmigrāt- ppl. stem of ēmigrāre + -ory: see emigrate v. Cf. migratory.]
1. Of animals: = migratory. rare.
| 1839 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. vii. 189 The great body of this emigratory species..moved southwards. |
2. Occupied in emigrating; pertaining to emigration.
| 1854 H. Miller Footpr. Creat. xii. (1874) 222 Records of an emigratory process. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Arabia I. 288 A large emigratory detachment. |