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Roe

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Noun

1. hard roe, roe

fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture

2. roe

eggs of female fish

3. roe

the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster

4. roe

the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roe

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noun
1. Also called: hard roe
the ovary of a female fish filled with mature eggs
2. Also called: soft roe
the testis of a male fish filled with mature sperm
3. 
the ripe ovary of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster
nounWord forms: plural roes or roe
short for roe deer
noun
Richard Roe

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Roe

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noun
1. 
fish eggs, esp. when still massed in the ovarian membrane
2. 
the swollen ovaries or expelled eggs of certain crustaceans, as the coral of a lobster
nounWord forms: plural roe or roes
a small, agile, graceful European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capreolus)
: also called roe deer

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roe

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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.

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