Roe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish.
  • n. The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster.
  • n. The roe deer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The eggs of fish.
  • n. The sperm of certain fish.
  • n. The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
  • n. A small, nimble Eurasian deer, Capreolus capreolus, with short three-pointed antlers, no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter.
  • n. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A roebuck. See roebuck.
  • n. The female of any species of deer.
  • n. The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
  • n. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The roe-deer.
  • n. Improperly, the adult female of the hart; the doe of the stag or red deer.
  • n. The spawn of a fish.
  • n. The spawn of various crustaceans, used for food, as the berry, coral, or mass of eggs of the female lobster.
  • n. A mottled appearance in wood, especially in mahogany, being the alternate streak of light and shade running with the grain, or from end to end of the log.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
  • n. the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
  • n. the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
  • n. eggs of female fish
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spawn    egg   
    Variant
    roebuck   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eggs    botargo    caviare    milt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    roebuck    fishery    gazelle    caviar    whitetail    ibex    antelope    stag    caribou    shad