fish ladder

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fish ladder

noun fish ladders

A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish. 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.
Similar: fishway, fish pass, fish steps, salmon ladder

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noun structure to facilitate migration of fish

Español	escalera ictícola, vía para pejes
Français	passe à poissons
Deutsch	Fischtreppe

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@misc{fish_ladder_2026,
  title = {fish ladder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fish%20ladder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}