anadromous
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Is anadromous a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.Examples: "Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous."; "Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn."; "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."not-comparable
2. (botany) Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.not-comparable
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