'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]