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Webster 1913 Edition
Spawner
Spawn′er
,Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A mature female fish.
The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the
spawner
and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton.
2.
Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spawner
SPAWN'ER
,Noun.