catadromous

1. 1.

   migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn

   Antonymsdiadromousanadromous

Questions about catadromous

What does catadromous mean?

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

How many syllables are in catadromous?

catadromous has 4 syllables: ca-ta-dro-mous. The stress falls on "ta".

What is the opposite of catadromous?

The recorded antonyms are diadromous, anadromous.

Is catadromous a common word?

catadromous 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.