Spawner

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spawner \Spawn"er\, n.
     1. (Zool.) A mature female fish.
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              The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both
              the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with


              sand.                                 --Walton.
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     2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spawner
       n : a female fish at spawning time