anadromous
pronunciation
How to pronounce anadromous in British English:
UK [æ'nɑ:drəʊməs]
How to pronounce anadromous in American English:
US [æ'nɑdroʊməs]
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- Adjective:
- migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Word Origin
- anadromous (adj.)
- of fish, "ascending a river to spawn" (as salmon do), 1753, from Latinized form of Greek anadromos "running upward," from ana "up, back" (see ana-) + dramein "to run" (see dromedary).
Example
- 1. Principal groundfish ; principal pelagics ; invertebrates ; other groundfish ; anadromous fish ; flounders ; other fish .
- 2. The people 's republic of china enjoys the primary interests in the anadromous stocks that originate in its rivers .
- 3. Any of various freshwater or anadromous food and game fishes of the family salmonidae , especially of the genera salmo and salvelinus , usually having a streamlined , speckled body with small scales .