Definition of spawn

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Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.

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Spawner :: Spawner (n.) A mature female fish.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Cultch :: Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Aeration :: Aeration (n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc..
Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..
Spent :: Spent (a.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
Spat :: Spat (v. i. & t.) To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn..
Roe :: Roe (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh..
Landlocked :: Landlocked (a.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals..
Shotten :: Shotten (n.) Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring..
Spawning :: Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spaw.
Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn..
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