remigrant

English

Etymology

re- +‎ migrant

Noun

remigrant (plural remigrants)

  1. A migrant who returns to their former country.
  2. (zoology) An insect that migrates back to a previous host.
    • 2012, A. F. G. Dixon, Aphid Ecology: An optimization approach (page 51)
      In host-alternating aphids the remigrants, which give birth to the mating females, are the first to arrive on the primary host […]

Latin

Verb

remīgrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of remīgrō
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