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anadromous的意思

anadromous

英 ['ndrms] 美 ['ndrms]
  • adj. 溯河产卵的

anadromous

英文词源


anadromous (adj.)
of fish, "ascending a river to spawn" (as salmon do), 1753, from Latinized form of Greek anadromos "running upward," from ana "up, back" (see ana-) + dramein "to run" (see dromedary).