spawning ground
Fish reproduction area
A spawning ground is a place where fish or other aquatic animals deposit eggs and reproduce.
The term extends to any location or environment that produces something in abundance: The region became a spawning ground for tech startups.
The figurative use often carries negative connotations: a spawning ground for extremism, a spawning ground for corruption.
- salmon runSeasonal upstream fish trek
- fryCook in hot fat
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- fisherySeafood harvesting enterprise
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
river delta · gravel · riffle · hatchery · life cycle · wild salmon · native trout · nursery · oyster bed · salmonid · redds · nesting site · birthplace · nest · alevin · fish ladder · shallows · hotbed
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- natural areasnature reserve, nature reserves, wilderness areas, wetland, wildlife refuge
- wildlife habitatswildlife refuge, nesting sites, forests, game reserve, conservation area
- marine sanctuaryno-take zone, buffer zone, boundary marker, mooring buoy, ranger station
- spawningsalmon run, milt, roe, gametes, fry
- animal homesnest, den, burrow, hive, lair
spawning groundkilling field
Mass execution location
graveyard · slaughterhouse · dead end · death zone · cemetery
spawning groundopen ocean
Sea far from shore
deep sea · hostile waters · dead zone · high seas · open water
ground, underground, grounds, grounded, spawn, grounding, groundless, spawning, spawned