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spawn(1) (iou) and Philippine Sea, Battle of the (sh)


spawn(1) (iou)



spawn noun. Pl. same, -s. LME.
[from the verb.]
The milt of a fish. Only in LME.
collect. & in pl. The minute eggs of fishes and various Other oviparous animals (chiefly aquatic or amphibian), usually extruded in large numbers and forming a more or less coherent or gelatinous mass; the very young brood hatched from such eggs. L15.
frog-spawn: see FROG noun1.
J. Duncumb The spawn..are in some parts termed salmon-fry. Guardian Herring spawn is relatively vulnerable and..few survive.
b. A fish-egg; an undeveloped fish. M16-E17.
A brood, many offspring; transf. a large quantity. Now rare. L16.
The offspring of a specified parent or stock; a person or group regarded as such, or as imbued with some quality or principle. Chiefly derog. L16.
R. S. Hawker Wretched Heretics, the spawn of that miscreant John Wesley.
The source or origin of something. Now rare. L16.
A product, result, or effect of something. M17.
J. Ruskin Misbegotten fantasies which are the spawn of modern licence.
The mycelium of mushrooms or Other fungi. M18.
mushroom spawn: see MUSHROOM noun & adjective.
J. C. Loudon Spawn is a white fibrous substance,..like broken threads.
spawny adjective resembling spawn; spawning: M17.

Philippine Sea, Battle of the (sh)




(June 19-20, 1944) Naval battle of World War II between the U.S. and Japan.

On June 19, after the U.S. invaded Saipan, Japan sent 430 planes to destroy U.S. ships but suffered heavy losses from U.S. carrier aircraft before retiring the next day. Called the greatest carrier battle of the war, it ended with the loss of over 300 Japanese planes and two carriers, while U.S. aircraft losses totaled 130, with minor damage to ships.