zugunruhe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.

Word forms

zugunruhe

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zugunruhe, from Zug (“move, migration”) and Unruhe (“anxiety, restlessness”).

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