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Noun: spawn  spon
  1. The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
Verb: spawn  spon
  1. Call forth
    - engender, breed
     
  2. Lay spawn
    "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

Derived forms: spawned, spawns, spawning

See also: spawner

Type of: cause, do, egg, engender, lay, make

Encyclopedia: Spawn

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