spawn

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beget breed bring bring about bring on catalyze cause create do draw on effectuate engender generate induce invoke make occasion produce prompt result (in) effect translate (into) work yield

n.	1. (裂殖菌類植物的)絲;菌 2. (魚等的)卵,子 3. 〈蔑〉小子,小鬼 4. 【植】菌種體,菌磚 5. 産物,結果
v.	1. (使)産卵 2. (魚)産卵,(卵)産下來 3. 〈蔑〉生(子) 4. 大量生育 5. 引起,釀成 6. 用菌磚栽

The spawn..are in some parts termed salmon-fry.
資料來源: J. Duncumb
Herring spawn is relatively vulnerable and..few survive.
資料來源: Guardian
Acanthaster, like other starfish, spawns directly into the water.
資料來源: New Scientist
A wretched father, whose wife spawns by calendar every fall.
資料來源: transf.

n.	1. the eggs of a frog or fish protected by a transparent layer
v.	1. to produce spawn 2. if one thing spawns something else, it creates it