different between anadromy vs anadrome

English

Noun

anadromy (uncountable)

1. The migration of fish, from salt water to fresh water, as adults
   • 2009 August, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic, page 36

     That's the advantage of anadromy (a sea-run life history): The ocean years allow fast growth.

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