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Webster 1913 Edition
Anadromous
A-nad′ro-mous
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] running upward; [GREEK] + [GREEK] a running, [GREEK] to run.]
1.
(Zool.)
Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
2.
(Bot.)
Tending upwards; – said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
D. C. Eaton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anadromous
ANAD'ROMOUS
,Adj.
Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the sea into fresh waters, at stated seasons.