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 and divides as di-a-dro-mous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.