Definition of anadromous. Meaning of anadromous. Synonyms of anadromous

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Definition of anadromous

Anadromous
Anadromous A*nad"ro*mous, a. [Gr. ? running upward; ? + ? a running, ? to run.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. 2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. --D. C. Eaton.

Meaning of anadromous from wikipedia

- during normal daily activities. Some particular types of migration are anadromous, in which adult fish live in the sea and migrate into fresh water to spawn;...
- applied to anadromous (sea-run) forms of brown trout (Salmo trutta), and is often referred to as Salmo trutta morpha trutta. Other names for anadromous brown...
- Steelhead, or occasionally steelhead trout, is the anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus) or Columbia River redband...
- spawns in freshwater and its po****tions can be lacustrine, riverine, or anadromous, where they return from the ocean to their fresh water birth rivers to...
- kikanning, Kennerly's salmon, Kennerly's trout, or Walla, is the non-anadromous form of the sockeye salmon (meaning that they do not migrate to the sea...
- sporadic endorheic po****tions in Central Asia. Salmon are typically anadromous: they hatch in the shallow gravel beds of freshwater headstreams and spend...
- migrating down to larger waterbodies as maturing adults. There are some anadromous species of trout, such as the steelhead (a coastal subspecies of rainbow...
- (23 ft 7 in) long and weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb). Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders, migrating upstream to spawn but spending most of their...
- once hosted some of the largest North American runs of salmon and other anadromous fish. For thousands of years, salmon fishing has pla**** a central role...
- Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into it. Most po****tions are anadromous, hatching in streams and rivers but moving out to sea as they grow where...