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roe
(rō)n.
1. The eggs or spawn of a fish, contained within or separated from the ovary, especially when prepared as food. Also called hard roe.
2. The milt-containing testes of a fish, especially when prepared as food. Also called soft roe.
3. The eggs or gonads of certain marine invertebrates, such as a lobster or a sea urchin.
[Late Middle English row, possibly from Middle Dutch roge or from an unattested Old English cognate of Middle Dutch roge; akin to German Rogen and Old Norse hrogn.]
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roe
(rəʊ)n
1. (Zoology) Also called: hard roe the ovary of a female fish filled with mature eggs
2. (Zoology) Also called: soft roe the testis of a male fish filled with mature sperm
3. (Zoology) the ripe ovary of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster
[C15: from Middle Dutch roge, from Old High German roga; related to Old Norse hrogn]
roe
(rəʊ)n, pl roes or roe
(Animals) short for roe deer
[Old English rā(ha), related to Old High German rēh(o), Old Norse rā]
Roe
(rəʊ)n
(Law) Richard Roe law (formerly) the defendant in a fictitious action, Doe versus Roe, to test a point of law. See also Doe1
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roe1
(roʊ)n.
1. the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
2. the eggs of certain crustaceans, as lobsters.
[1425–75; row, roo, roof, probably < Middle Dutch roge, c. Old High German rogo]
roe2
(roʊ)n., pl. roes, (esp. collectively) roe.
[before 900; Middle English roo, Old English rā, rāha, c. Old Saxon, Old High German rēho (German Reh), Old Norse rā]
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roe
(rō) The eggs of a fish, often together with the membrane of the ovary in which they are held.
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Noun | 1. | roe - fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc coral - unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces shad roe - roe of shad; may be parboiled or baked or sauteed gently |
2. | roe - eggs of female fish egg - 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 fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" | |
3. | roe - the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster spawn - the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs | |
4. | roe - the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish egg - 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 |
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Translations
بَطارِخ السَّمَك، بيْض السَّمَكيَحْمور: غزال صَغير يعيش في آسيا
jikrysrnecsrnka
rådyrrogn
mäti
ikra
ikra
hrognrádÿr
ikripieņistirna
ovas
srn asrnec
rom
balık yumurtasıkaraca
roe
1 [rəʊ] N (roe or roes (pl)) [of fish] hard roe → hueva fsoft roe → lecha f
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2 [rəʊ] N (also roe deer) (male) → corzo m; (female) → corza fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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roe
1n pl <-(s)> (species: also roe deer) → Reh nt; roebuck → Rehbock m; roe deer (female) → Reh nt, → Ricke f (spec)
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2Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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roe1
(rəu) noun the eggs of fish. cod roe.
roe2
(rəu) : ˈroe deer – plurals ˈroe deer ~ˈroe deers – noun a small deer found in Europe and Asia.
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