anadromous
Collocations
2ANADROMOUS + NOUN
salmon
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.
Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.
Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
- catadromous
- diadromous
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.
WiktionaryAlewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.
WiktionaryBird migration routes favor marshes and river valleys, as do, more obviously, the movement of anadromous salmon and, the mirror image, catadromous eels, to mention only two of the numerous migrating f
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