roe
[rō]
- Roe means fish eggs.
An example of roe is the fish eggs that need to be cleaned out of a salmon before grilling it.
- fish eggs, esp. when still massed in the ovarian membrane
- the swollen ovaries or expelled eggs of certain crustaceans, as the coral of a lobster
Origin: Middle English rowe, rowne, akin to (or from uncertain or unknown; perhaps ) Old Norse hrogn, akin to Old High German rogo from Indo-European base an unverified form krek- from source Latvian kukulis, frog's eggs
Origin: Middle English ro from Old English ra, akin to Old High German reho, Middle Dutch ree from Indo-European an unverified form roiko- from base an unverified form rei-, an unverified form roi-, striped, spotted from source Latvian raibs, colorful, striped, Sanskrit riśya, male antelope
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noun
- The eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish.
- The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster.
Origin: Middle English row, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch roge.
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roe
Variant of roe
- fish eggs, esp. when still massed in the ovarian membrane
- the swollen ovaries or expelled eggs of certain crustaceans, as the coral of a lobster
Origin: Middle English rowe, rowne, akin to (or from uncertain or unknown; perhaps ) Old Norse hrogn, akin to Old High German rogo from Indo-European base an unverified form krek- from source Latvian kukulis, frog's eggs
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.