回かい帰き性せい

noun

homing instinct; homing ability

Zoological term for the ability of an animal to return to its home territory or nest over long distances.

• 伝でん書しょ鳩ばとの回かい帰き性せいはよく知しられている。

  The homing ability of carrier pigeons is well known.

• サケの回かい帰き性せいは、生うまれた川かわに戻もどる性せい質しつを指さす。

  The homing instinct of salmon refers to their tendency to return to the river where they were born.