catadromous

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Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond
that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea
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
Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel
migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
catadromous

    Heceleme

    ca·tad·ro·mous

    Zıt anlamlılar

    anadromous

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    Etimoloji

    [ k&-'ta-dr&-m&s ] (adjective.) 1880. probably from New Latin catadromus, from cata- + -dromus -dromous.