Spawn

spawn, n. the eggs of fish or frogs when ejected: offspring.— adj. containing spawn.— v.t. to produce, as fishes and frogs do their eggs: to bring forth.— v.i. to deposit eggs, as fishes or frogs: to i ue, as offspring.— ns. Spawn′er , the female fish from which the spawn is ejected; Spawn′ing ; Spawn′ing-bed , -ground , a bed made in the bottom of a stream on which fish deposit their spawn. [O. Fr. espandre , to shed—L. expandĕre , to spread out.]