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- noun A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
- noun An
anadromous fish.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ανα (backwards) + -drome "course", "road".
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asativum commented on the word anadrome
If a word that is another word when it is spelled backward is an anadromous fish, then Wordnik is a salmon. Or perhaps a steelhead trout or a eulachon.
In any case, I always thought there was something fishy about this place.
June 19, 2011
oroboros commented on the word anadrome
See https://www.wordnik.com/lists/japanese-style
December 13, 2020