spawnyadj.
rare.
1. Like that of spawn.
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1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 372 If you pour oyl of tartar upon some of the fresh water, it makes a frisking spawny motion.
2. Resembling spawn.
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1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. x, in Gardeners Daily Assistant Perpetuating its duration by a spawny progeny of the root.
3. Spawning.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to laying of eggs > spawning
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1908 Daily Record (Glasgow) 9 Mar. It is rather amusing to be told..that ‘spawny’ herring are unfit for food.
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