💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Meridionalization"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anadromynoun | The migration of fish, from salt water to fresh water, as adults |
| smoltificationnoun | The series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater. |
| meddynoun | (climatology) A large, gently spinning region of warm water that carries saline water from the mouth of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic. |
| smoltingnoun | (biology) The adaptation of smolts when migrating from rivers to seawater |
| jordan's rulenoun | An ecogeographic rule stating that, given any species in any region, the nearest related species is not likely to be found in the same region nor in a remote region, but in a neighbouring district separated from the first by a barrier of some sort. |
| thermohaline circulationnoun | Any of the global circulatory currents, such as the Gulf Stream, that are driven by differences in temperature and salinity. |
| whitingnoun | A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US). |
| ichthyogeographynoun | (biology) The biogeography of fish |
| anadromnoun | (zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water. |
| merlingnoun | The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea. |
| moonfishnoun | Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families: |
| mesopelagicnoun | A mesopelagic fish |
| osmerid | (zoology) Any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt. |
| thalassochorynoun | (biology) Transport or dispersal of organisms by means of the ocean. |
| suprabenthosnoun | (biology) The organisms that live on the sea floor but migrate above it seasonally or daily |
| yeltingnoun | (obsolete) A fish, the mangrove snapper or gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus. |
| groundfishnoun | (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor |
| salternoun | One who makes, sells, or applies salt. |
| greater argentinenoun | A northern Atlantic fish, herring-smelt (Argentina silus, syn. Salmo silus) |
| sea mouthnoun | That part of a river, estuary or lagoon which broadens out as it meets the sea |
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