| 释义 |
spatting, vbl. n.|ˈspætɪŋ|
[f. spat v.1]
Of shell-fish: The action or process of depositing spawn. Also attrib.
1864Morn. Star 28 Dec., It is calculated, in spite of the bad spatting of the last three years, that there is a stock of oysters..of the value of upwards of 100,000l. 1866Cornh. Mag. Aug. 163 We have not had a very good spatting season since 1860. 1877Q. Rev. CXLIV. 486 The spatting process, or labour of the parental oyster. |