Catadromous: Definition and part of speech

Catadromous

  1. a. Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; — opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
  2. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Casual: Definition and part of speech

Casual

  1. n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
  2. a. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
  3. a. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.