anadromous
(of fish) migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus (distinguished from catadromous).
Origin of anadromous
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How to use anadromous in a sentence
The migratory fishes fall into two groups, the anadromous and the catadtomous.
Boy Scouts Handbook | Boy Scouts of AmericaThey are anadromous fishes of which little more can be said than that a specimen might take a bottom bait once in a way.
British Dictionary definitions for anadromous
/ (əˈnædrəməs) /
(of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed: Compare catadromous
Origin of anadromous
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for anadromous
[ ə-năd′rə-məs ]
Relating to fish, such as salmon or shad, that migrate up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water.
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