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diadromous definition

di·adro·mous (dī ad′rə məs)

adjective

  1. Bot. with leaf veins radiating in a fanlike arrangement
  2. Zool. migrating between fresh and salt water: said of certain fishes

Etymology: dia- + -dromous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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