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NOMADIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nomadic mean?
• NOMADIC (adjective)
The adjective NOMADIC has 1 sense:
1. migratory
Familiarity information: NOMADIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Migratory
Synonyms:
mobile; nomadic; peregrine; roving; wandering
Context example:
wandering tribes
Similar:
unsettled (not settled or established)
Context examples
As nomadic as the Kalahari's San Bushmen, D'Odorico and Okin move from place to place, setting up camp in game reserves, local village farms and communal lands to study the desert's dunes.
(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)
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