different between anadromous vs anadrome

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (anádromos), from ??? (aná, “up”) + ?????? (drómos, “running”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nad.??.m?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??næd.??.m?s/

Adjective

anadromous (not comparable)

1. (of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.

   Shads and most species of salmon are anadromous.
2. (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

Antonyms

• (botany): catadromous

Translations

See also

• amphidromous
• diadromous
• oceanodromous
• potamodromous

English

Etymology

ana- +? -drome, i.e. "backward course".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.d?o?m/

Noun

anadrome (plural anadromes)

1. A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.

   "Desserts" and "stressed" are believed to be the longest common English anadromes.

2. An anadromous fish.

Synonyms

• semordnilap, reverse spelling, heteropalindrome, levidrome

See also

• ananym
• anagram
• palindrome

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.d?om/

Adjective

anadrome (plural anadromes)

1. anadromous (of migratory fish)

Further reading

• “anadrome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

anadrome

1. feminine plural of anadromo

Anagrams

• modanare
• modanerà