'Catadromous' definitions:

Definition of 'catadromous'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn [ant: anadromous, diadromous]

Definition of 'Catadromous'

From: GCIDE
  • Catadromous \Ca*tad"ro*mous\, a. [Gr. kata` down + dro`mos a running.]
  • 1. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel. [1913 Webster]

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