catadromous
/kuh-tad-ruh-muhs/US // kəˈtæd rə məs //UK // (kəˈtædrəməs) //
两栖动物,洄游,洄游的,洄游鱼类
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : migrating from fresh water to spawn in the sea, as eels of the genus Anguilla.
Examples
Of the catadromous fishes there is a single example in our waters--the common eel.
Catadromous, kat-ad′rom-us, adj. of fishes, descending periodically for spawning to the lower parts of a river or to the sea.
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