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roe

UK/ˈɹəʊ/ US/ɹoʊ/ uncommon informal us

noun

1.

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

Synonyms
2.
3.

coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta

4.

the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish

Origin

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 kurkulai̇̃ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (krjak, “frog spawn”).

Phrases

  • hard roe
  • soft roe
  • white roe

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