Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Catadromous \Ca*tad"ro*mous\, a. [Gr. kata` down + dro`mos a
running.]
1. (Bot.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna
nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of
a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to
spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
catadromous
adj 1: migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn [ant:
anadromous, diadromous]