|
|
Definition of Anadromous
1. Adjective. Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
Definition of Anadromous
1. a. Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
Definition of Anadromous
1. Adjective. (context: of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anadromous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Anadromous
1. Moving from the sea to fresh water for reproduction. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anadromous
Literary usage of Anadromous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"An anadromous species from Galway, distinguished by the acutely pointed bat not
.... The anadromous species aro confined to the Arctic Sea, and tho greater ..."
2. State and Local Funding of Nonpoint Source Control Programsedited by Sarah Taylor edited by Sarah Taylor (1998)
"For purposes of this Regulation "streams" refers to designated anadromous fish
propagation waters within the Critical Area ..."
3. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"... pinnae or primary segments are anadromous and all upper ones catadromous, but
the secondar}-, Ac., pinnae, segments or nerves are again anadromous with ..."
Other Resources:
