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diadromous

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di⋅ad⋅ro⋅mous

[dahy-ad-ruh-muhs]
–adjective
1. Botany. (of a leaf) having a fanlike arrangement of veins.
2. (of fish) migrating between fresh and salt waters.


Origin:
1945–50; dia- + -dromous
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diadromous

adjective
(used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters [ant: anadromous, catadromous
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