The act of releasing eggs and sperm into the water The bluefish spawns offshore along the U S coast There, the larval fish which hatch, grow into juveniles and then enter estuaries such as the Chesapeake Bay to age and mature
To produce or deposit eggs Salmon return to their place of birth to spawn, after having spent four or five years on British Columbia's coast Many salmon die returning to their place of birth
If something spawns something else, it causes it to happen or to be created. Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science. the eggs of a fish or frog laid together in a soft mass
1 to produce or deposit (eggs) -- used of an aquatic animal 2 to induce (fish) to spawn (Source: MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY http: //www m-w com/)
[ 'spon, 'spän ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Anglo-French espaundre, from Old French espandre to spread out, expand, from Latin expandere.