anadromous
英 [ə'nædrəməs]
美[ə'nædrəməs]
- adj. 溯河产卵的
英英释义
- 1. migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
英文词源
- anadromous (adj.)
- of fish, "ascending a river to spawn" (as salmon do), 1753, from Latinized form of Greek anadromos "running upward," from ana "up, back" (see ana-) + dramein "to run" (see dromedary).