catadromous
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Related to catadromous: diadromous, Fish migration
cat·a·dro·mous
(kat'a-drō'mus),Migrating from fresh water to the ocean to spawn.
See also: anadromous.
See also: anadromous.
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catadromous
(kə-tăd′rə-məs)adj.
Living in fresh water but migrating to marine waters to breed. Used of fish.
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cat·a·dro·mous
(kat'ă-drō'mŭs)Migrating from fresh water to the ocean to spawn.
See also: anadromous
See also: anadromous
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catadromous
(of fishes such as the eel) migrating down-river to the sea to spawn. Compare ANADROMOUS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005