'Spawn eater' definitions:
Definition of 'Spawn eater'
From: GCIDE
- Spawn \Spawn\, n. [[root]170. See Spawn, v. t.]
- 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. [1913 Webster]
- Spawn eater (Zool.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace. [1913 Webster]