Anadromous

What do we mean by anadromous?

Migrating up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water. Used of fish. adjective

Ascending.

In botany, to ferns whose lowest secondary branches originate on the anterior side of the pinuæ.

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. adjective

Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. adjective

That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water. adjective

Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond. adjective

Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn adjective

(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.

Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

Words that are spelled similarly to anadromous:
anadromous, catadromous, anatropous, diadromous, antidromous.

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Words that sound like anadromous:
anadromous, catadromous, amadeus, andrus, animise, animists, androus, anhidrosis, anastomose, ganoderma.