Spawner
//ˈspɔnɚ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
- 2 a female fish at spawning time wordnet
- 3 A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
- 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" […]"
Synonyms
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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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