bird of passage

Other forms: birds of passage

Definitions of bird of passage

1. noun

   any bird that migrates seasonally
   type of:

   bird

   warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
2. noun

   someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
   synonyms: roamer, rover, wanderer

   types:

   nomad

   a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

   drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant

   a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

   beachcomber

   a vagrant living on a beach

   Bedouin, Beduin

   a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs

   Bushman

   a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa

   Hun

   a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century

   Saracen

   (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire

   Scythian

   a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia

   sundowner

   a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

   bum, hobo, tramp

   a disreputable vagrant

   type of:

   traveler, traveller

   a person who changes location