SPAWN
Spawn, n. Etym: [sq. root170. See Spawn, v. t.]
1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
2. Any product or offspring; — used contemptuously.
3. (Hort.)
Defn: The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. (Bot.)
Defn: The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawn eater (Zoöl.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis
Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
SPAWNER
Spawn"er, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A mature female fish. The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton.