anadromous
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- adjective
- /ˌænəˈdrɒməs/
- Specialized
- The Nez Perce support free-flowing rivers because, without adequate habitat, anadromous fish fail to successfully reproduce and survive.
- anadromous fish
- anadromous salmon
- anadromous species
Examples
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In the spring, many anadromous fish swim up rivers from the ocean to spawn.
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The earliest Aboriginal peoples utilized to some degree anadromous fish as a rich but unpredictable food source.
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Artificial propagation has been used in one form or another with anadromous Pacific salmon for over a century.
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"Increased growth is very important, particularly for anadromous salmonids," says Bilby.
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Pink salmon spawn below the falls, but no anadromous fish occur upstream.
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Protesters questioned the long-term survivability of wild anadromous fish in the Pacific Northwest.
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha are well established as anadromous and landlocked runs in New Zealand.
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Warming also appears to be shifting the phenologies of anadromous fishes towards earlier spawning runs.
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For countless generations, the Nez Perces harvested and stored predictable runs of anadromous fish.
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Furthermore, the listing of anadromous salmon and bull trout as threatened or endangered under the ESA appeared to be imminent.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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Fish that move between rivers and the sea during their life
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
anadromous = ana + drom + ous
Formed from Greek combining elements (ana- 'up' + drom- 'running') plus -ous; these scientific combining forms are not obvious to an average B1 learner, so the meaning is not derivable from familiar English base words.
Etymology
Anadromous comes from Greek parts ana- 'up' and dromos 'running', so it literally means 'running up'. It describes fish, like salmon, that move up rivers from the sea to lay their eggs.