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
the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn
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
the eggs of certain aquatic organisms or the act of producing such eggs or egg masses
When fish or animals such as frogs spawn, they lay their eggs. fish species like salmon and trout which go upstream, spawn and then die