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anadromous

 
Dictionary: a·nad·ro·mous   (ə-năd'rə-məs) pronunciation
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adj.
Migrating up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water. Used of fish.

[From Greek anadromos, running up : ana-, ana- + dromos, a running.]


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Veterinary Dictionary: anadromous
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Said of fish; those living most of their lives in the sea but entering rivers to spawn.

Obscure Words: anadromous
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ascending rivers from the sea for breeding  (compare catadromous)
salmon are anadromous
WordNet: anadromous
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
  Antonyms: catadromous (meaning #1), diadromous (meaning #1)

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
Obscure Words. © 2008 by Michael A. Fischer http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd.  Read more
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