ANADROMOUS


Meaning of ANADROMOUS in English

/euh nad"reuh meuhs/ , adj.

(of fish) migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus (distinguished from catadromous ).

[ 1745-55; anádromos running upward. See ANA-, -DROME, -OUS ]

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