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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anadromous \A*nad"ro*mous\, a. [Gr. ? running upward; ? + ? a running, ? to run.] 1. (Zool.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. --D. C. Eaton. [1913 Webster] Anemia
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anadromous adj 1: migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn [ant: catadromous, diadromous]