What is the meaning of Anadromous?

  • (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
  • (a.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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