Definition of Catadromous

1. Adjective. Migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn.


Definition of Catadromous

1. a. 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.

Definition of Catadromous

1. Adjective. (context: of a migratory fish) that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond. ¹

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Definition of Catadromous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catadromous

cataclysms
catacomb
catacombs
catacorner
catacoustic
catacoustics
catacrotic
catacrotic pulse
catacrotism
catadicrotic
catadicrotic pulse
catadicrotism
catadidymus
catadioptric
catadioptrics
catadromous (current term)
catafalco
catafalcoes
catafalque
catafalques
catagelophobia
catagen
catagenesis
cataglottis
catagmatic
catalanoite
catalase
catalases
catalatic
catalatic reaction

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