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anadromous

Adjective

a=nad=ro=mous

WORDNET DICTIONARY

anadromous, a. [Gr. running upward; + a running, to run.].

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. [1913 Webster]
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]

anadromous, adj. (of a fish, e.g. the salmon) that swims up a river from the sea to spawn (opp. CATADROMOUS).

Etymology

Gk anadromos (as ANA-, dromos -running)