Antidromous

/ænˈtɪdrəməs/ adjective

Moving or traveling in an opposite or backward direction, particularly describing migratory fish that swim upstream.

From anti- (against) + -dromous (from Greek drómos, 'running'). Biological term for organisms moving counter to typical migration.

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