Found 2 items, similar to Anadromous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: anadromous
anadromous
adj : migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn [ant:
catadromous,
diadromous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Anadromous
Anadromous
\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.
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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.
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