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anadromous

anad.ro.mous \*-'nad-r*-m*s\ aj [Gk anadromos running upward, fr. 
   anadramein to run upward, fr. ]ana- + dramein to run - more at DROMEDARY : 
   ascending rivers from the sea for breeding {shad are ~}