Definition of nonmigrant
plural nonmigrants
: an animal or person that is not a migrant
- Canada geese were historically a migratory species and never native to the Bay State, but through a series of coincidences and deliberate expansion programs, a new breed of nonmigrants have become established statewide as one of our most common resident waterfowl species.
- —H. W. Heusmann
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often used before another noun
- the nonmigrant bird population
- nonmigrant species
- nonmigrant workers
