Definition of "anadromous" []

• Migrating up rivers from the sea to breed in fresh water. Used of fish. (adjective)

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• "The term anadromous refers to fish that swim upstream to spawn, which includes many species of salmon."
• "Might have heard the term anadromous, which means they migrate to large bodies of water and return to tributaries to spawn."
• "The late Al McClane, a well known and widely traveled angling author, wrote that the Arctic char referring to the anadromous form of erythrinus of northern Canada may be quite literally the strongest fish that swims."