nonmigrant

adjective

Definition of nonmigrantnext
as in resident

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  1. resident
  2. nonmigratory
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  • The reddish-brown brick building houses studios and project rooms reserved for resident artists, 27 upstairs apartments exclusively for graduate students and three artist-in-residence units funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
  • Later, spend time with the lodge’s resident artist and discover the art of traditional felt-making.
    — Undraa Buyannemekh, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
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  • Though native to East Africa and nonmigratory, the snail has made its way around the world, including to other parts of Africa, Hawaii, the Pacific islands, the Caribbean, Brazil and much of subtropical Asia.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • So, there's a chance that the commercial populations were simply originally source from a nonmigratory population.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 June 2019
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