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CATANADROMOUS

\kˈatɐnˌadɹəməs], \kˈatɐnˌadɹəməs], \k_ˈa_t_ɐ_n_ˌa_d_ɹ_ə_m_ə_s]\

Definitions of CATANADROMOUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Moving once a year from salt water into fresh.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

[Gr.] A term which has been applied to fish which descend and ascend rivers to and from the sea, as the salmon.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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