diadromous

1. 1.

   (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters

   Antonymsanadromouscatadromous

Questions about diadromous

What does diadromous mean?

diadromous means "(used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters".

How many syllables are in diadromous?

diadromous has 4 syllables: di-a-dro-mous. The stress falls on "a".

What is the opposite of diadromous?

The recorded antonyms are anadromous, catadromous.

Is diadromous a common word?

diadromous 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.