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]