ANADROMOUS

ANAD'ROMOUS, adjective [Gr. upward and course.]Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the sea into fresh waters, at stated seasons.

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A‐nad″ro‐mous (�), a. [] 1. 1. (Zoöl.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
2. 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.