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Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.

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  1. a. Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
  2. a. Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
  3. adj. migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
  4. 1. (Bot.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous. 2. (Zoöl.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and of the eel.
  5. Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachisthan the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching inferns, and opposed to anadromous.
  6. a. migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn