roe
noun/rəʊ/
/rəʊ/
- [uncountable, countable] the mass of eggs inside a female fish (hard roe) or the sperm of a male fish (soft roe), used as food
- cod’s roe
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- (also roe deer)[countable] a small European and Asian deer
Word Originsense 1 late Middle English: related to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch roge.sense 2 Old English rā(ha), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ree and German Reh.
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