Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any place selected by fishes to deposit their spawn, as the rocky shores chosen by codfishes or the river-beds by anadromous fishes.
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Examples
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The male keeps on guard at the principal spawning-place, and the female after spawning goes away.
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From the time Aiai founded that spawning-place until the present, its fish have been the uhu, extending to Hanauma.
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