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ALL meanings of anadromous

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  • adjective anadromous (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed 3
  • adjective anadromous going from salt water to fresh water or up rivers to spawn 3
  • adjective anadromous (of fish) migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus (distinguished from catadromous). 1
  • noun anadromous (of a fish, such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea to spawn. 1
  • adjective anadromous (of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water. 0
  • adjective anadromous (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond. 0
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