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fish ladder
n.
A series of pools arranged like ascending steps at the side of a stream, enabling migrating fish to swim upstream around a dam or other obstruction.
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Universalium. 2010.
fishladder
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fishladder — a series of steps with flowing water and pools enabling a fish to circumvent an obstruction such as a dam or waterfall by leaping from step to step. Also called fishway, fish pass … Dictionary of ichthyology
