English Explanatory Dictionary

anadromous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
  2. Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

Pronunciation

/əˈnad.ɹə.məs/ /əˈnæd.ɹə.məs/ En-us-ncalif-anadromous.ogg

Word forms

anadromous

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάδρομος (anádromos, “fish entering a river from the sea”). By surface analysis, ana- + -dromous.

Antonyms

catadromous

Related words

anadrom amphidromous diadromous oceanodromous potamodromous

Derived words

catanadromous nonanadromous

Translations

Arabic: نَهْرِيُّ السَّرْءِ Arabic: نَهْرِيَّةُ السَّرْءِ Catalan: anàdrom Dutch: anadroom Finnish: anadrominen French: anadrome Greek: ανάδρομος Italian: anadromo Polish: anadromiczny Portuguese: anádromo Russian: анадро́мный Russian: проходно́й Spanish: anádromo Welsh: esgynnol
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