spawning (noun)

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• spawning ground — spawning ground, 1. the place where fish spawn or to which they return to spawn. 2. Figurative. a place in which something commonly originates; breeding place: »Boxing s spawning grounds, the neighborhood clubs, are…unable to compete with the… …   Useful english dictionary

• spawning — noun Spawning is used before these nouns: ↑ground …   Collocations dictionary

• spawning — I. noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English spawnynge, from gerund of spawnen to spawn 1. : the process of emitting spawn 2. : the collecting of spawn from ripe fishes II …   Useful english dictionary

• spawning — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The process by which an organism produces others of its kind: breeding, multiplication, procreation, proliferation, propagation, reproduction. Obsolete: increase. See REPRODUCTION …   English dictionary for students

• spawning-bed — spawnˈing bed or spawnˈing ground noun 1. A bed or place in the bottom of a stream on which fish deposit their spawn 2. A place where new ideas, etc are generated • • • Main Entry: ↑spawn …   Useful english dictionary

• spawning-ground — spawnˈing bed or spawnˈing ground noun 1. A bed or place in the bottom of a stream on which fish deposit their spawn 2. A place where new ideas, etc are generated • • • Main Entry: ↑spawn …   Useful english dictionary

• Atlantic salmon — noun 1. fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • Part Holonyms: ↑Salmo salar 2. found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning • Syn: ↑Salmo …   Useful english dictionary

• humpback salmon — noun also humpbacked salmon : a small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends Pacific coast rivers of Asia and of America from California to Alaska * * * a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so called because of the hump that… …   Useful english dictionary

• king salmon — noun 1. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon • Syn: ↑chinook salmon, ↑chinook • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • Part Holonyms: ↑chinook, ↑chinook salmon, ↑quinnat salmon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• shadberry — noun edible purple or red berries • Syn: ↑saskatoon, ↑serviceberry, ↑juneberry • Hypernyms: ↑berry • Part Holonyms: ↑Juneberry, ↑serviceberry, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• trap — (noun)) 1) fish trap (a spring loaded trap made of netting on a frame that closes over a fish. The two rectangular halves of the trap are spread apart from the central spring mechanism. The fish is attracted by bait or a dummy fish that the fish… …   Dictionary of ichthyology