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Definition of spawn noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spawn

noun
 
/spɔːn/
 
/spɔːn/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a soft substance containing the eggs of fish, frogs etc. see also frogspawnTopics Fish and shellfishc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySpawn is used after these nouns:
    • frog
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    Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French espaundre ‘to shed roe’, variant of Old French espandre ‘pour out’, from Latin expandere ‘expand’.
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