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1. (adj.) catadromous
(of fish) migrating from fresh water to spawn in the sea
Etymology: (1880–85; cata-+-dromous)
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1. (adj) catadromous
migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
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1. (adj) catadromous
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
2. (adj) catadromous
living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel
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