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ROE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("roe" is a kind of...):

egg (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("roe" is a kind of...):

spawn (the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Eggs of female fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("roe" is a kind of...):

egg (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)

Holonyms ("roe" is a part of...):

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hard roe; roe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("roe" is a kind of...):

seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roe"):

coral (unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces)

caviar; caviare (salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre)

shad roe (roe of shad; may be parboiled or baked or sauteed gently)

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