Look up: catadromous

1. catadromous
   Living and growing in fresh water, but descending rivers to spawn in the sea. The American eel, Anguilla rostrata, is a catadromous species. (cf anadromous and diadromous)
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2. catadromous
   [adj] - migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
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3. Catadromous
   Ca·tad'ro·mous adjective [ Greek kata` down + dro`mos a running.] 1. (Botany) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and...
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4. catadromous
   adjective migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
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5. Catadromous
   • (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous. • (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
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6. catadromous
   catadromous Migrating from fresh water into the ocean to spawn or fish that live in fresh water, but breed in the sea. Catadromous fish are freshwater eels of genus Anguilla, whose larvae drift on the open ocean, sometimes for months or years, before traveling thousands of kilometers back to their original streams.
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7. catadromous
   Type: Term Pronunciation: kat′a-drō′mus Definitions: 1. Migrating from fresh water to the ocean to spawn.
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8. catadromous
   (Gk: kata=down; dromos running) fish that swim down rivers to sea to spawn (eel). See also anadromous.
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