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- noun Plural form of
spawner .
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Examples
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Second, they are prolific multiple spawners, meaning they will spawn several times over the course of the summer.
unknown title 2009
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And there all spawners so they are all decent size.
What is the best bait to use for any type of catfish in the spring???? 2009
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And there all spawners so they are all decent size.
What is the best bait to use for any type of catfish in the spring???? 2009
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Some sea critters like sponges and shellfish are hermaphrodites, indiscriminate broadcast spawners though I'd consider that more generous than shellfish.
Sexy Celebrity Seas 2010
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Some sea critters like sponges and shellfish are hermaphrodites, indiscriminate broadcast spawners though I'd consider that more generous than shellfish.
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Like capelin, herring are bottom spawners with their eggs adhering to the substrate or even, as in this case, the fronds of seaweed.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009
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The World Wildlife Fund is now predicting that bluefin spawners will be virtually eradicated by 2012.
It's Not Too Late to Save the Tuna Albert Grimaldi 2009
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Rainbow trout (the landlocked variety) or Steelhead trout (the anadromous variety) are both river spawners.
Salmon decline in western North America~ historical context 2009
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Associated with this are changes in age and size distributions of spawning stocks; spawners are now fewer, younger, and smaller.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009
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Similar synchronized mass spawning occur throughout the world, and even in the Caribbean, the relatively poorly represented broadcast spawners tend to release their gametes on a few nights at the end of August.
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