anadromous

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adjective

migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn

Anadromous in a sentence

Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.

Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn.

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