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| a·nad·ro·mous [ ə náddrəməss ] |
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returning to rivers to breed: describes fish such as salmon and shad that return from the sea to the rivers where they were born in order to breed.
See also catadromous
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| [Mid-18th century. < Greek anadromos "running up (a river from the sea)" < dromos "a running"] |
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