spawn /ˈspɔn, ˈspɑn/
卵,魚卵(vt.)產卵,釀成(vi.)產卵
Spawn v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spawned p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning.]
1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
One edition [of books] spawneth another. --Fuller.
Spawn, v. i.
1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn, n.
1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
3. Hort. The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. Bot. The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawn eater Zool., a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
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spawn
n : the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed]
2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"