Look up: anadromous

1. anadromous
   Living and growing in the sea, but ascending rivers to spawn in freshwater. The sea lamprey, white sturgeon, and many species (or populations) of salmonids are anadromous. (cf diadromous and catadromous)
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2. anadromous
   Fish that spend their adult lives in the sea but swim upriver to freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce.
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3. anadromous
   [adj] - migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
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4. anadromous
   fish ascending rivers from the sea,at certain seasons,for breeding,such as the salmon Category: Botany and zoology
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5. Anadromous
   A·nad'ro·mous adjective [ Greek ... running upward; ... + ... a running, ... to run.] 1. (Zoology) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. 2. (Botany) Tending upwards; -- s...
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6. anadromous
   Moving from the sea to fresh water for reproduction. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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7. anadromous
   adjective migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
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8. Anadromous
   • (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. • (a.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
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9. anadromous
   anadromous 1. Fish that spend most of their lives feeding in the open ocean, but migrate to spawn in freshwater. 2. Fish; such as, salmon and shad that return from the sea to the rivers where they were born in order to breed. The best-known anadromous fish are salmon, which hatch in small freshwat...
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10. anadromous
    Type: Term Pronunciation: an′a-drō′mus Definitions: 1. Denoting fish that migrate from ocean water to fresh water to spawn; some such fish harbor human pathogens.
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11. anadromous
    (Gk: ana=up/back/again; dromos=running) fish running up a river to spawn (salmon). See also catadromous.
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12. Anadromous
    Fish that hatch rear in fresh water, migrate to the ocean (salt water) to grow and mature, and migrate back to fresh water to spawn and reproduce.
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13. Anadromous
    fish that live their adult lives in the ocean but migrate up fresh water rivers to spawn. Examples are Pacific salmon. Fish that migrate in the opposite direction are called catadromous.
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