spawner
nounUS /ˈspɔnɚ/ · UK /ˈspɔːnə/
Etymology From spawn + -er.
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Fishing, Hobbies, Lifestyle A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
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Video games 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" […]2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77: