Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An anadromous fish; one which ascends rivers from the sea to spawn.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

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  • noun zoology Any anadromous fish, one that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

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Compare French anadrome.

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