shot·ten (sh t 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.] |
shotten [ˈʃɒtən]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of fish, esp herring) having recently spawned
2. Archaic worthless or undesirable
[from obsolete past participle of shoot]
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