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Webster 1913 Edition
Catadromous
Ca-tad′ro-mous
,Adj.
[Gr.
κατά
down + δρόμοσ
a running.] 1.
(Bot.)
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
. 2.
(Zool.)
Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; – opposed to
anadromous
, and said of the eel. Definition 2024
catadromous
catadromous
English
Adjective
catadromous (comparative more catadromous, superlative most catadromous)
- (of a migratory fish) that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea
- (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.
Antonyms
- (botany): anadromous
Translations
of a fern