Both Uses of
spawn
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
- The room at the top of the house where Ron slept looked much as it had the last time that Harry had come to stay: the same posters of Ron's favorite Quidditch team, the Chudley Cannons, were whirling and waving on the walls and sloping ceiling, and the fish tank on the windowsill, which had previously held frog spawn, now contained one extremely large frog.†
Chpt 5 *
- 'Harry Potter can do much better than the likes of you…… ' 'You deserve to be boiled in frog spawn…… ' Ouch!†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(spawn) eggs created by a fish or other sea creature; or the act of laying them
or (more generally):
anything created in large number; or the act of producing it