Spawner

//ˈspɔnɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
  2. 2
    a female fish at spawning time wordnet
  3. 3
    A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
  4. 4
    An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.

    "[…] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are "enemy spawners" […]"

Example

More examples

"[…] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are "enemy spawners" […]"

Etymology

From spawn + -er.

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