spawn

Definitions

1. 1.To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. Fuller.
2. 2.To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
3. 3.To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
4. 4.The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
5. 5.Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
6. 6.(Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
7. 7.(Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. Spawn eater (Zoöl.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is spawn.

• What is to bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. Fuller called?
• What is to issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously called?
• What is the ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals called?
• What is any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously called?
• What is the buds or branches produced from underground stems called?
• What is the white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. Spawn eater (Zoöl.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace called?