catadromous

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ca·tad·ro·mous

C0152500 (kə-tăd′rə-məs)adj. Living in fresh water but migrating to marine waters to breed. Used of fish.

catadromous

(kəˈtædrəməs) or

katadromous

adj (Zoology) (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed. Compare anadromous[C19: from Greek katadromos, from kata- down + dromos, from dremein to run]

ca•tad•ro•mous

(kəˈtæd rə məs)

adj. (of fish) migrating from fresh water to spawn in the sea (disting. from anadromous). [1880–85; cata- + -dromous]

catadromous

a term describing fish that migrate downriver to spawn.See also: Fish

Thesaurus

Adj.

catadromous - migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawnanadromous - migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawndiadromous - (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters

Translations

catadromous

cat·a·dro·mous

(kat'a-drō'mus), Migrating from fresh water to the ocean to spawn.
See also: anadromous.

catadromous

(kə-tăd′rə-məs)adj. Living in fresh water but migrating to marine waters to breed. Used of fish.

cat·a·dro·mous

(kat'ă-drō'mŭs) Migrating from fresh water to the ocean to spawn.
See also: anadromous

catadromous

(of fishes such as the eel) migrating down-river to the sea to spawn. Compare ANADROMOUS.

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Antonyms for catadromous

adj migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn

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