spawn

verb

• 1 [no object] (of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs:the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants [with object]:a large brood is spawned
• (be spawned) (of a fish, frog, etc.) be laid as eggs.

• 2 [with object] often derogatory (of a person) produce (offspring):why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?
• [with object] produce or generate, especially in large numbers:the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces
• [with object] Computing generate (a dependent or subordinate computer process).

noun

• 1the eggs of fish, frogs, etc.:the fish covers its spawn with gravel
• the process of producing spawn.

• 2the product or offspring of a person or place (used to express distaste or disgust):the spawn of chaos: demons and sorcerers

• 3the mycelium of a fungus, especially a cultivated mushroom.