spawning

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English

Definitions

verb

To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
To bring forth in general.“The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.”
To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

noun

The process by which something spawns.

Related words

Synonyms

breed engender brood fish egg redhorse nesting oviposition breeder breeding reproduction reproductive reproducing fry pecker copulation

Associated

coho sockeye steelhead anadromous spawn fecundity smelt chinook gametes shad salmon unison

Rhymes

fawning wanting dawning donning yawning swanning conning pawning bohning han hung

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