catadromous en · ADJ
Etymology
From cata- + -dromous, by analogy with anadromous. Compare catanadromous.
Meanings
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(of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
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.
2017, James C Scott, chapter 1, in Against the Grain, New Haven & London: Yale, →ISBN, page 53:
- Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most catadromous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more catadromous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
anadromous (both senses)
Relateds
diadromous · potamodromous · amphidromous · oceanodromous
Translations (8)
fi katadrominen (of migratory fish) · gl catádromo (of migratory fish) · fr catadrome (of migratory fish) · pl katadromiczny (of a fern) · fi katadrominen (of a fern) · cy disgynnol (of migratory fish) · pl katadromiczny (of migratory fish) · it catadromo (of migratory fish)