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prettygoodwordzugunruhe (tsoo-GOON-roo-uh) - n., the migratory drive in animals, especially birds; restless or behavior in migratory animals at the beginning of the normal migration period.
Especially noticeable in captive migratory birds at the start of a migration period -- they really wanna GO, man, but you're keeping them cooped up -- but also their wild friends get notably restless before they actually take off. From German, coined in 1707 from Zug, move/migration + Unruhe, anxiety/restlessness.
---L.
Especially noticeable in captive migratory birds at the start of a migration period -- they really wanna GO, man, but you're keeping them cooped up -- but also their wild friends get notably restless before they actually take off. From German, coined in 1707 from Zug, move/migration + Unruhe, anxiety/restlessness.
---L.
