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Synonyms for spawning
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : spawn |
| Phonetic Transcription : spɔn |
Top 10 synonyms for spawning Other synonyms for the word spawning
- carbon
- carbon copy
- chip off old block
- flimsy
- generation
- imitation
- look-alike
- mirror image
- multiplication
- offprint
- photocopy
- photograph
- Photostat
- pic
- picture
- portrayal
- procreation
- proliferation
- propagation
- recreation
- reduplication
- reenactment
- renewal
- replica
- replication
- reprinting
- repro
- revival
- stat
- transcription
- twin
- X-ray
- Xerox
Définition of spawning
Origin :- early 15c., from Anglo-French espaundre, Old French espandre "to spread out, pour out," from Latin expandere (see expand). The notion is of a "spreading out" of fish eggs released in water. The meaning "to engender, give rise to" is attested from 1590s. Related: Spawned; spawning.
- noun reproduction
- For months she had fed on lean and tasteless trout exhausted by spawning.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
- The spawning fish, flabby and useless, are killed in winter.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- These illustrate the spawning method of solving the problem of survival.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- He said it was a spawning bed, and I ought to put the twenty-nine back.
- Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
- The first point is explained by the fact that these fish die after spawning.
- Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
- It spawns in fresh waters, and survives after spawning and returns to the sea.
- Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
- They are never seen in the lake, nor do I know if they return after spawning.
- Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
- It does not seem to be known whether it also dies after spawning.
- Extract from : « Fishing in British Columbia » by Thomas Wilson Lambert
- The flesh of spawning fish is loose and watery, and is most insipid and tasteless.
- Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson
- At spawning this might with advantage be mixed with some that has not gone through this process.
- Extract from : « Mushroom Culture » by W. Robinson
Antonyms for spawning
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