Spawner (Noun)
Meaning
A female fish at spawning time.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The mature female trout is now a spawner, releasing thousands of eggs into the current.
- Biologists are carefully collecting the eggs from the salmon spawner in order to preserve the species.
- After weeks of preparing her nest, the salmon spawner released her precious eggs into the gravelly riverbed.
- A good game warden must know when to release a fish, and which spawner should be released unharmed to complete its cycle.
- Local anglers try not to disturb the rainbow trout spawner in her underwater lair.