Anadromous
ahd-5
adjective.
Migrating up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water. Used of fish.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Ascending.
In
botany
, to ferns whose lowest secondary branches originate on the anterior side of the pinuæ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
adjective.
Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
That
lives
in the
sea
and
breeds
in
fresh water
.
adjective.
Of a
fern
in which the first
veins
in a
frond
segment
are produced towards the
apex
of the frond.
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adjective.
migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Word Usage
"The term anadromous refers to fish that swim upstream to spawn, which includes many species of salmon."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
catadromous
cross-reference
amphidromous
diadromous
oceanodromous
potamodromous
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
cuttle
dogger
dry-fly
fresh-caught
fur seal