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SPAWNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spawner mean?
• SPAWNER (noun)
The noun SPAWNER has 1 sense:
1. a female fish at spawning time
Familiarity information: SPAWNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A female fish at spawning time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("spawner" is a kind of...):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
Derivation:
spawn (lay spawn)
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