catadromousadj.

Brit.

/kəˈtadrəməs/, U.S.

/kəˈtædrəməs/

Etymology: < Greek κατάδρομος ( < κατά down + -δρομος running) + -ous suffix. Compare anadromous adj.

1. Zoology. Of fishes: Descending periodically from the upper to the lower reaches of the river, or to the sea, in order to spawn; as the Eel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > descending river to spawn

catadromous1883

1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 97 Fresh-water fishes may be..catadromous or such as reside in fresh waters.

2. Botany. (See quot. 1881.)

ΚΠ

1881 J. G. Baker in Nature 24 Mar. 480/2 Milde's classification of ferns into a catadromous and anadromous series, according as to whether their lowest secondary branches originate on the posterior or anterior side of the pinnæ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	catadromous
释义	catadromousadj. Brit. /kəˈtadrəməs/, U.S. /kəˈtædrəməs/ Etymology: < Greek κατάδρομος ( < κατά down + -δρομος running) + -ous suffix. Compare anadromous adj. 1. Zoology. Of fishes: Descending periodically from the upper to the lower reaches of the river, or to the sea, in order to spawn; as the Eel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > descending river to spawn catadromous1883 1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 97 Fresh-water fishes may be..catadromous or such as reside in fresh waters. 2. Botany. (See quot. 1881.) ΚΠ 1881 J. G. Baker in Nature 24 Mar. 480/2 Milde's classification of ferns into a catadromous and anadromous series, according as to whether their lowest secondary branches originate on the posterior or anterior side of the pinnæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1881
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