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anadromous

/uh-nad-ruh-muhs/US // əˈnæd rə məs //UK // (əˈnædrəməs) //

溯源的,溯源性,溯源,溯溪

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : migrating from salt water to spawn in fresh water, as salmon of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus.

Examples

  • The migratory fishes fall into two groups, the anadromous and the catadtomous.

  • They are anadromous fishes of which little more can be said than that a specimen might take a bottom bait once in a way.