nonmigrant

adjective

Definition of nonmigrantnext
as in resident

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  1. resident
  2. nonmigratory
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  • Me resident cookie expert on Sesame Street, so me responsible for telling everyone about cookie—how to eat cookie, how to make cookie, and, most important, how to slow down and enjoy cookie.
    — Ysabel Yates, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The best way to get plugged in is by seeing a show in the Aurora Theatre, where the town’s resident theater company puts on everything from Broadway-style musicals to intimate dramas and comedies.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 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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