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Meaning of ANADROMOUS

Pronunciation:  u'nadrumus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
 
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 Antonyms: catadromous, diadromous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*nad"ro*mous\, a. [Gr. ? running upward; ? + ? a
running, ? to run.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain
   seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the
   lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the
   branch of the central stem. --D. C. Eaton.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Moving from the sea to fresh water for reproduction.
 

 

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