Found 2 items, similar to catadromous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: catadromous catadromous adj : migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn [ant: diadromous, anadromous]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Catadromous Catadromous \Ca*tad"ro*mous\, a. [Gr. kata` down + dro`mos a running.] 1. (Bot.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel. [1913 Webster] ||