anadrom

See also: anàdrom

English

Etymology

Compare French anadrome.

Noun

anadrom (plural anadroms)

(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.

Translations

fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers

Portuguese: anádromo m

References

anadrom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

madrona, madroña, mandora, monarda, roadman

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