Dictionary Entry
catadromous
catadromous is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
- 2adjective
Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
- 3adjective
migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
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