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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:
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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