"fish ladder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fish ladders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish ladder (plural fish ladders)
  1. A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish. Wikipedia link: fish ladder Synonyms: fishway, fish pass, fish steps, salmon ladder Translations (structure to facilitate migration of fish): fisketrappe [common-gender] (Danish), vistrap [masculine] (Dutch), kalaporras (Finnish), passe à poissons [feminine] (French), Fischtreppe [feminine] (German), aarey vraddan (note: for salmon) [feminine] (Manx), laksetrapp [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), fisketrapp [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), fisktrappa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fish_ladder-en-noun-PqOSpgTT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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