spawn : Idioms & Phrases
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Mushroom spawn
(Bot.) , the mycelium, or primary filamentous growth, of the mushroom; also, cakes of earth and manure containing this growth, which are used for propagation of the mushroom.
Webster 1913
Spawn eater
(Zoöl.) , a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius ) allied to the dace.