spawn
noun/spɔːn/
/spɔːn/
[uncountable]- a soft substance containing the eggs of fish, frogs etc. see also frogspawnTopics Fish and shellfishc2Oxford Collocations DictionarySpawn is used after these nouns:
- frog
Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’.Definitions on the go
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