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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Zugunruhe
 
SYLLABICATION:Zug·un·ru·he
PRONUNCIATION:  tskn-rh
NOUN: The migratory drive in animals, especially birds.
ETYMOLOGY:German : Zug, a pulling, move, migration; see zugzwang + Unruhe (from Middle High German unruowe, from Old High German unruowa ( un-, not; see ne in Appendix I + ruowa, rest).
 
 
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