ANADROMOUS


Meaning of ANADROMOUS in English

[anad.ro.mous] adj [Gk anadromos running upward, fr. anadramein to run upward, fr. ana- + dramein to run--more at dromedary] (ca. 1753): ascending rivers from the sea for breeding "shad are ~"--compare catadromous

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