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 are called roe.
roe
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 of roe
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
noun
pl. roe or roesOrigin of roe
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 anteloperoe
noun
- The eggs or spawn of a fish, contained within or separated from the ovary, especially when prepared as food. Also called hard roe.
- The milt-containing testes of a fish, especially when prepared as food. Also called soft roe.
- The eggs or gonads of certain marine invertebrates, such as a lobster or a sea urchin.
Origin of roe
Middle English roughe, ro, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch roge.roe
From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“(frog) spawn”). Cognate with Dutch roge (“roe”), German Low German Rögen (“roe”), German Rogen (“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn (“roe”), Swedish rom (“roe”), Icelandic hrogn (“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulaĩ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (kryak, “frog spawn”).
(plural roe or roes)
Middle English ro, from Old English rā, fuller rāha, from Proto-Germanic *raihą (compare Saterland Frisian Räi, Dutch ree, German Reh), from *róiko-, from Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“spotted, streaked”) (compare Irish riabh ‘stripe, streak’, Latvian ràibs ‘spotted’, Russian рябой (rjabój, “mottled fur”).
(plural ROEs)
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roe
Variant of roe
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 of roe
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