CATADROMOUS

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.

2.
a.

Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and of the eel.


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