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Anadromous is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Anadromous in a sentence

Anadromous meaning

  1. That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
  2. Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

Synonyms of Anadromous

catadromous diadromous

Anadromous vertaling naar Nederlands

anadroom

Using Anadromous

  • The main meaning on this page is: That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water. | Of a fern: in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
  • Useful related words include: catadromous, diadromous.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: anadroom.
  • In the example corpus, anadromous often appears in combinations such as: anadromous fish, are anadromous, of anadromous.

Context around Anadromous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

steelhead 1× display 1×

Often after:

fish 4× river 1× salmon 1× meaning 1× form 1× life 1×

Sentence patterns with Anadromous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

rivers and anadromous salmon that 1× salmon are anadromous meaning they 1× salmon display anadromous life strategies 1× sockeye are anadromous fish which 1× species of anadromous fish that 1× species of anadromous fish which 1× the steelhead anadromous form of 1× they are anadromous fish that 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another example alewife 1× like their atlantic 1× resident fish species 1× salmon are anadromous 1× the columbia supports 1× the river system 1×

Common sentence endings:

and salt water 1× highly altered landscapes 1× levels of sediment 1× not termed salmon 1× of the river 1× resident life strategies 1×

Words around Anadromous

Just before it in the word index:

anadolu 95 anadolou 2 anadol 2 anadarko 30 anad 3 anacs 2

Just after it in the word index:

anadyomene 2 anadyr 5 anadyrsk 3 anae 4 anaemia 51 anaemic 19

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Anadromous

  • In this selection, "anadromous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, steelhead, display, fish, river and salmon stand out and add context to how "anadromous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include rivers and anadromous salmon that and salmon are anadromous meaning they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "anadromous" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with anadromous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

They are anadromous fish that migrate between fresh and salt water. (11 words)

Various species of salmon display anadromous life strategies while others display freshwater resident life strategies. (15 words)

The steelhead anadromous form of the rainbow trout migrates to sea, but it is not termed "salmon". (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Resident fish species that spend their entire lives in glacial rivers and anadromous salmon that spend part of their lives spawning and rearing in fresh water, have developed different ways of adapting to the high levels of sediment. (38 words)

Like their Atlantic cousins, the Sockeye are anadromous fish, which means they hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, where they spend most of their adult life, then return to fresh water to reproduce. (35 words)

Salmon are anadromous, meaning they live in the sea but ascend rivers to spawn; eels are catadromous, living in rivers and streams, but returning to the sea to breed. (29 words)

Example sentences (9)

Like their Atlantic cousins, the Sockeye are anadromous fish, which means they hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, where they spend most of their adult life, then return to fresh water to reproduce.

Another example: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), a type of anadromous river herring found in the northwest Atlantic that today are found in highly altered landscapes.

Resident fish species that spend their entire lives in glacial rivers and anadromous salmon that spend part of their lives spawning and rearing in fresh water, have developed different ways of adapting to the high levels of sediment.

Salmon are anadromous, meaning they live in the sea but ascend rivers to spawn; eels are catadromous, living in rivers and streams, but returning to the sea to breed.

The Columbia supports several species of anadromous fish that migrate between the Pacific Ocean and fresh water tributaries of the river.

The river system hosts many species of anadromous fish, which migrate between freshwater habitats and the saline waters of the Pacific Ocean.

The steelhead anadromous form of the rainbow trout migrates to sea, but it is not termed "salmon".

They are anadromous fish that migrate between fresh and salt water.

Various species of salmon display anadromous life strategies while others display freshwater resident life strategies.

Common combinations with anadromous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "anadromous" in a sentence?
An example: "Like their Atlantic cousins, the Sockeye are anadromous fish, which means they hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, where they spend most of their adult life, then return to fresh water to reproduce." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "anadromous" from authentic English texts.
What does "anadromous" mean?
Anadromous means: That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
What are synonyms of "anadromous"?
Common synonyms of "anadromous" include: catadromous, diadromous.
What is "anadromous" in Dutch?
"anadromous" translates to Dutch as: anadroom.
How many example sentences with "anadromous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "anadromous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.