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noun

Spawner n.

(Zool.) A mature female fish. "The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand."

Whatever produces spawn of any kind.

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Etymology of 'Spawner'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spawner" Quotes from Famous Books

... school? Might have known it, though. Uncle Phil was fond of the sort of education that doesn't educate. I'm glad you fellows found me. I'll go home and collect every red cent, just to keep it out of the hands of the supercilious bunch of bishops that run that sissy-spawner." ...

— The Pathless Trail • Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel

... their spawn on flags or stones, and then leave it uncovered, and exposed to become a prey and be devoured by vermin or other fishes. But other fishes, as namely the Barbel, take such care for the preservation of their seed, that, unlike to the Cock, or the Cuckoo, they mutually labour, both the spawner and the melter, to cover their spawn with sand, or watch it, or hide it in some secret place unfrequented by vermin or by ...

— The Complete Angler • Izaak Walton