the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish > breeding or spawning > spawn (3)
As a mass noun or in plural. Originally: †the roe of a lobster (= coral, n.1 5a) (obsolete). In later use: the spawn of a lobster or other…
The spawn of oysters or other shellfish.
a string of ova connected by mucus secreted by the nidamental glands of a mollusc.