spawn

nouns

the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
is a type of (narrower)
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

verbs

call forth
lay spawn
"The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
lay eggs
"This hen doesn't lay"