Definition of Catadramous
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.
2. (Zoöl.) Living in fresh
water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to
anadromous, and said of the eel.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (of a migratory fish) that lives in fresh water and breeds in the sea
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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