intermigration

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ migration

Noun

intermigration (countable and uncountable, plural intermigrations)

1. reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration
   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:

     point of Access and mutual Intercourſe and possibility of Intermigrations

   • 1969, Wilma George, Animals and Maps:

     […] the mountain ranges blocked intermigrations. The Himalayas blocked exchanges between north and south. Finally, with the advent of desert conditions in Arabia and Baluchistan, there was again almost no interchange between the oriental and Ethiopian regions.

References

• “intermigration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.