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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A series of artificial pools arranged like ascending steps, enabling migrating fish to swim upstream around a dam or other obstruction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
fishway .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
structure built on or around dams or locks to faciliate themigration offish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam
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she commented on the word fish ladder
Series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam.
July 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the word fish ladder
I saw one of these last month. All the fish were wearing tiny tool belts. Seems they were headed up to repair the fish roof.
July 22, 2008