remigrant

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From re- + migrant.

A migrant who returns to their former country.

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology An insect that migrates back to a previous host.

In host-alternating aphids the remigrants, which give birth to the mating females, are the first to arrive on the primary host […]2012, A. F. G. Dixon, Aphid Ecology: An optimization approach, page 51:

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