anadromous

英 [ə'nædrəməs] 美 [ə'nædrəməs]
  • adj. 溯河产卵的
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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).