Spawner

Spawner
Spawner Spawn"er, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A mature female fish. [1913 Webster]

The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. --Walton. [1913 Webster]

2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • spawner — noun see spawn I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spawner — a female fish, especially at spawning time …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • spawner — See spawn. * * * …   Universalium

  • spawner — noun a) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn b) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed …   Wiktionary

  • spawner — spawn·er || spɔːnÉ™(r) n. mature female fish; something that spawns …   English contemporary dictionary

  • spawner — spawn·er …   English syllables

  • spawner — noun a female fish at spawning time • Derivationally related forms: ↑spawn • Hypernyms: ↑fish …   Useful english dictionary

  • spawner trap — a barrier erected in a stream or in a fish ladder intended to divert adult fish holding prior to taking their eggs or sperm for culturing …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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