Deposit+eggs+in

  • 51spawn — spawner, n. /spawn/, n. 1. Zool. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. 2. Mycol. the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market. 3. a swarming brood; numerous progeny. 4. (used with a… …

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  • 52spawn — 1. verb a) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. b) To generate, bring into being, especially non mammalian beings in very large numbers. 2. noun a) The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism …

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  • 53blow — blō vt, blew blü; blown blōn; blow·ing 1) to free (the nose) of mucus and debris by forcible exhalation 2) of blowflies and flesh flies to deposit eggs or larvae on or in blow n 1) the act of some insects of depositing eggs or larva …

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  • 54Manson schistosomiasis — schistosomiasis mansoni infection with Schistosoma mansoni, which lives mainly in the inferior and superior mesenteric veins but migrates to deposit eggs in venules, primarily of the large intestine. Eggs lodging in the liver may lead to… …

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  • 55blow-fly — 1720, from FLY (Cf. fly) (n.) + BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1) in an obsolete sense to deposit eggs, to infect with eggs, in reference to to insects, apparently connected with old notions of natural history [OED] …

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  • 56spawn — verb 1》 (of a fish, frog, mollusc, etc.) release or deposit eggs.     ↘chiefly derogatory (of a person) produce (offspring). 2》 produce or generate; give rise to. noun 1》 the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2》 chiefly derogatory offspring. 3》 the… …

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  • 57flyblow — fly•blow [[t]ˈflaɪˌbloʊ[/t]] v. blew, blown, blow•ing, n. 1) ent to deposit eggs or larvae on (meat or other food) 2) ent one of the eggs or young larvae of a blowfly, deposited on food • Etymology: 1550–60 …

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  • 58spawn — [[t]spɔn[/t]] n. 1) zool. the mass of eggs deposited in the water by fishes, amphibians, and other aquatic creatures 2) fng the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market 3) a swarming brood; numerous progeny 4) (used with a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59spawn — ► VERB 1) (of a fish, frog, etc.) release or deposit eggs. 2) produce or generate; give rise to. ► NOUN 1) the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2) the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom. DERIVATIVES spawner noun …

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  • 60spawner — spawn ► VERB 1) (of a fish, frog, etc.) release or deposit eggs. 2) produce or generate; give rise to. ► NOUN 1) the eggs of fish, frogs, etc. 2) the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom. DERIVATIVES spawner noun …

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