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Meaning of fish ladder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.

Equivalents

Deutsch Fischtreppe
Español escalera ictícola vía para pejes
Suomi kalaporras
Français passe à poissons
日本語 魚道
한국어 어도
Nederlands vistrap

Examples

“We came to the base of an abnormally long perpendicular fish ladder, stretching up, up into shadow so overwhelmingly deep it seemed as if a pit had been inverted over our heads.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Fish Lake Fish Lake physa fish lips fish locoweed fish louse fish malodor syndrome

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