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Meaning of 'anadromous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Anadromous [ a.]
- Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
- Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

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