spawner

From spawn +‎ -er.

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspɔnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈspɔːnə/

spawner (plural spawners)

1. (fishing) A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn

   Synonyms: henfish, hen

2. (computing) A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
3. (video games) An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
   • 2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77:

     […] 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" […]

• Pawsner, enwraps, pawners, repawns, respawn