Spawn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See Expand.]
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.
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Spawn, v. i.
1.
To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
2.
To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
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Spawn, n. [&root;170. 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.
The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. Bot.
The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawn eater Zool., a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
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