roe vs spawn

roe

noun
  • The eggs of fish. 

  • The sperm of certain fish. 

  • The ovaries of certain crustaceans. 

  • A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany. 

spawn

noun
  • The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism. 

  • Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation. 

  • Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring. 

  • The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 

  • The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear. 

verb
  • To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. 

  • To bring forth in general. 

  • (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time. 

  • To reproduce, especially in large numbers. 

  • To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn. 

  • To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. 

  • To plant with fungal spawn. 

  • To deposit (numerous) eggs in water. 

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