translocation

noun/ˌtrænzloʊˈkeɪʃən/

Frequency rank: #16,892 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

The movement or transfer of something (an organism, chromosome segment, etc.) from one location to another.

Illustration for the English word “translocation”

Example sentence

Scientists studied the translocation of salmon from their original river to a new habitat upstream.

Synonyms & related words

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