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To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

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

To bring forth in general.

Example: The Web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.

To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

(by extension, sometimes derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.

The buds or branches produced from underground stems.