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spawner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈspɔnɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈspɔːnə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From spawn + -er.

Meanings

  1. A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
  2. A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
  3. An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
    • […] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are "enemy spawners" […] 2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77:

Forms

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spawners Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

henfish · fishess · hen

Translations (19)

ro peștoaică (female fish) · aht kʼuunʼi (female fish) · vo hifit (female fish) · de Rogner (female fish) · nl kuiter (female fish) · vo salm (female fish) · da hunfisk (female fish) · nn hofisk (female fish) · de Rogener (female fish) · pt peixa (female fish) · is hrygna (female fish) · de Rogenfisch (female fish) · vo fit (female fish) · eo fiŝino (female fish) · vo jisalm (female fish) · mic sgwemegw (female fish) · vo hisalm (female fish) · vo jifit (female fish) · nb hunnfisk (female fish)