- spawning
- Emission, or "laying," of eggs [Bliss, 1982].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
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Spawning — Spawn Spawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. [1913 Webster] 2. To … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spawning — noun Spawning is used before these nouns: ↑ground … Collocations dictionary
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spawning — I. noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English spawnynge, from gerund of spawnen to spawn 1. : the process of emitting spawn 2. : the collecting of spawn from ripe fishes II … Useful english dictionary
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spawning ground — spawning ground, 1. the place where fish spawn or to which they return to spawn. 2. Figurative. a place in which something commonly originates; breeding place: »Boxing s spawning grounds, the neighborhood clubs, are…unable to compete with the… … Useful english dictionary
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