What does anadromous mean?

anadromous means "migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn".

How many syllables are in anadromous?

anadromous has 4 syllables: a-na-dro-mous. The stress falls on "na".

What is the opposite of anadromous?

The recorded antonyms are catadromous, diadromous.

Is anadromous a common word?

anadromous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

anadromous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Antonymscatadromous diadromous

Questions about anadromous

What does anadromous mean?: anadromous means "migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn".
How many syllables are in anadromous?: anadromous has 4 syllables: a-na-dro-mous. The stress falls on "na".
What is the opposite of anadromous?: The recorded antonyms are catadromous, diadromous.
Is anadromous a common word?: anadromous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for anadromous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
Antonymscatadromous diadromous

Questions about anadromous

What does anadromous mean?: anadromous means "migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn".
How many syllables are in anadromous?: anadromous has 4 syllables: a-na-dro-mous. The stress falls on "na".
What is the opposite of anadromous?: The recorded antonyms are catadromous, diadromous.
Is anadromous a common word?: anadromous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for anadromous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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