| spawn | 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. 2. To bring forth; to generate; used in contempt. "One edition [of books] spawneth another." (Fuller) Origin: OE. Spanen, OF. Espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. Expandere to spread out. See Expand. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. 2. To issue, as offspring; used contemptuously. 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. 2. Any product or offspring; used contemptuously. 3. <botany> The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 4. <botany> The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. <zoology> Spawn eater, a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace. See: Spawn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spawner | 1. <zoology> A mature female fish. "The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand." (Walton) 2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spawner-recruit model | Biological model that relates the number of recruits or mature spawners in one generation to the number of spawners in the previous generation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| spawning gravel | Sorted, clean gravel patches of a size appropriate for the needs of resident or anadromous fish. (05 Dec 1998) |