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anadromous

[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; < Greek anádromos running upward. See ana-, -drome, -ous

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anadromous (əˈnædrəməs)

—*adj*
	Compare catadromous (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed

[C18: from Greek anadromos running upwards, from ana- + dromos a running]

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anadromous

of fish ascending a river to spawn (as salmon do), 1753, from Gk. anadromos "running upward," from ana "up, back" + dramein "to run" (see dromedary).

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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.