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Synonyms for spawning


Grammar : Noun
Spell : spawn
Phonetic Transcription : spɔn

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Définition of spawning

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Anglo-French espaundre, Old French espandre "to spread out, pour out," from Latin expandere (see expand). The notion is of a "spreading out" of fish eggs released in water. The meaning "to engender, give rise to" is attested from 1590s. Related: Spawned; spawning.
  • noun reproduction
Example sentences :
  • For months she had fed on lean and tasteless trout exhausted by spawning.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • The spawning fish, flabby and useless, are killed in winter.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • These illustrate the spawning method of solving the problem of survival.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • He said it was a spawning bed, and I ought to put the twenty-nine back.
  • Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
  • The first point is explained by the fact that these fish die after spawning.
  • Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
  • It spawns in fresh waters, and survives after spawning and returns to the sea.
  • Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
  • They are never seen in the lake, nor do I know if they return after spawning.
  • Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
  • It does not seem to be known whether it also dies after spawning.
  • Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
  • The flesh of spawning fish is loose and watery, and is most insipid and tasteless.
  • Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson
  • At spawning this might with advantage be mixed with some that has not gone through this process.
  • Extract from : « Mushroom Culture » by W. Robinson

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