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Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

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  1. a. Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
  2. a. Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
  3. adj. migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
  4. 1. (Zoöl.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc. 2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.
  5. Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, forbreeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
  6. j:100 a. migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn