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ANADROMOUS

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a⋅nad⋅ro⋅mous

  [uh-nad-ruh-muhs]
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–adjective
(of fish) migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus (distinguished from catadromous ).
Origin:
1745–55; < Gk anádromos running upward. See ana-, -drome, -ous
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a·nad·ro·mous   (ə-nād'rə-məs)   
adj.  Migrating up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water. Used of fish.

[From Greek anadromos, running up : ana-, ana- + dromos, a running.]
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anadromous   (ə-nād'rə-məs)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to fish, such as salmon or shad, that migrate up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water.
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