ichidan verb, transitive verb
lay eggs; spawn
Used for insects, fish, and other creatures depositing eggs, often with a sense of attaching them to a surface.
モンシロチョウがキャベツの葉に卵を産み付けた。
A cabbage white butterfly laid eggs on the cabbage leaf.
サケは川の上流で産卵し、砂利に
Salmon spawn upstream and lay their eggs in the gravel.