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Roe means fish eggs.

(noun)

An example of roe is the fish eggs that need to be cleaned out of a salmon before grilling it.

See roe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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: ME rowe, rowne, akin to (or < ?) ON hrogn, akin to OHG rogo < IE base *krek- > Latvian kukulis, frog's eggs

noun pl. roe or roes

a small, agile, graceful European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capreolus)

also called roe deer

Origin: ME ro < OE ra, akin to OHG reho, MDu ree < IE *roiko- < base *rei-, *roi-, striped, spotted > Latvian raibs, colorful, striped, Sans riśya, male antelope

See roe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish.
The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English row

Origin: , from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch roge

noun pl. roe roe or roes

The roe deer.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ro

Origin: , from Old English rā, rāha

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