[shot-n] 
| 1. | (of fish, esp. herring) having recently ejected the spawn. |
| 2. | Obsolete. (of a bone) dislocated. |
| shot·ten (shŏt'n) adj. Having recently spawned and thus being less desirable as food. Used of fish, especially herring. [Middle English shoten, past participle of shoten, to shoot; see shoot.] |
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