anadromous
[ uh-nad-ruh-muh s ]
/ əˈnæd rə məs /
adjective
(of fish) migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus (distinguished from catadromous).
Words nearby anadromous
anadenia,
anadicrotic,
anadicrotism,
anadiplosis,
anadrenalism,
anadromous,
anadyr,
anadyr range,
anaemia,
anaemic,
anaerobe
Example sentences from the Web for anadromous
They are anadromous fishes of which little more can be said than that a specimen might take a bottom bait once in a way.
The migratory fishes fall into two groups, the anadromous and the catadtomous.
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British Dictionary definitions for anadromous
anadromous
/ (əˈnædrəməs) /
adjective
(of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
Compare catadromous
Word Origin for anadromous
C18: from Greek
anadromos running upwards, from
ana- +
dromos a running
Scientific definitions for anadromous
anadromous
[ ə-năd′rə-məs ]
Relating to fish, such as salmon or shad, that migrate up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water.