zugunruhe

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Etymology

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

Noun

zugunruhe (uncountable)

  1. (ornithology, zoology) Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.