Associations to the word «Catadromous»

Wiktionary

CATADROMOUS, adjective. (of a migratory fish) that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea
CATADROMOUS, adjective. (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.

Dictionary definition

CATADROMOUS, adjective. Migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn.

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