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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPAWNER

n.the female fish. the spawner and the melter of the barbel cover their spawn with sand.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPAWNER

SPAWNER Spawn "er, n.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.