spawning groundnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈspɔː.nɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/us/ˈspɑː.nɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/a place where fish leave their eggs for fertilization:
Salmon and sea trout use the upper river as a spawning ground.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal reproduction
- asexual
- asexual reproduction
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryology
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- fetus
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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