Catadromous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Catadromous is an adjective meaning (ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
Meaning
(ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
More Meanings
- (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.
Example Sentences
Bird migration routes favor marshes and river valleys, as do, more obviously, the movement of anadromous salmon and, the mirror image, catadromous eels, to mention only two of the numerous migrating fish species.
Antonyms for catadromous
Common opposites include anadromous, diadromous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include katadromous, anadromous, anadromic, anadromus, diadromous, amphidromous.
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