catanadromous
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek down + up + a running, course.
Adjective
catanadromous (not comparable)
- (zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for catanadromous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)