Anadromous
(of fish) migrating from salt water to sp-wn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera salmo and oncorhynchus (distinguished from ).
historical examples
they are anadromous fishes of which little more can be said than that a specimen might take a bottom bait once in a way.
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the migratory fishes fall into two groups, the anadromous and the catadtomous.
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adjective
(of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed compare catadromous
adj.
of fish, “ascending a river to sp-wn” (as salmon do), 1753, from latinized form of greek anadromos “running upward,” from ana “up, back” (see ana-) + dramein “to run” (see dromedary).
anadromous
(ə-nād’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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