Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The eggs or spawn of a fish, contained within or separated from the ovary, especially when prepared as food.
- noun The milt-containing testes of a fish, especially when prepared as food.
- noun The eggs or gonads of certain marine invertebrates, such as a lobster or a sea urchin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The roe-deer.
- noun Improperly, the adult female of the hart; the doe of the stag or red deer.
- noun The spawn of a fish.
- noun The spawn of various crustaceans, used for food, as the berry, coral, or mass of eggs of the female lobster.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A roebuck. See
roebuck . - noun The female of any species of deer.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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.
- noun A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
eggs offish . - noun The
sperm of certain fish. - noun The
ovaries of certaincrustaceans . - noun A small,
nimble Eurasian deer , Capreolus capreolus, with short three-pointedantlers , no visible tail, a whiterump patch, and a reddish summercoat that turns grey in winter. - noun A
mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially inmahogany .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- noun the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
- noun the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
- noun eggs of female fish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If sea urchin roe is fresh, it doesn't taste of iodine.
Recipe for Sea Urchin Risotto (Ριζότο με Αχινό) Laurie Constantino 2009
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Urchin roe is especially prized as a superb and permissible treat during the long Lenten fast.
Sea Urchins with Tips on How to Open Them (Αχινός) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Urchin roe is especially prized as a superb and permissible treat during the long Lenten fast.
Archive 2008-09-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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The mountain roe is rousd — awakes the hunters cry.
Letter 48 1793
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All recent democratic nominees have said the same thing as sotomayor. even roberts in his DC nomination said that roe is "settled law".
Sotomayor calls Roe v. Wade abortion ruling 'settled' law 2009
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The dish is absolutely delicious when made with 1/2 cup fresh sea urchin roe, as Lazarou specifies, and decadent if 3/4 cup roe is used, as I admit to having done.
Recipe for Sea Urchin Risotto (Ριζότο με Αχινό) Laurie Constantino 2009
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Seems a shame to throw it out when I know other fish roe is so delicious.
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Your risotto looks really good, but although I respect sea urchin roe as a great delicacy, the smell of iodine really puts me off.
Recipe for Sea Urchin Risotto (Ριζότο με Αχινό) Laurie Constantino 2009
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Seems a shame to throw it out when I know other fish roe is so delicious.
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A friend of mine swears the only way to eat the roe is sauteed in butter on toast points, but just about everything is good sauteed in butter with or without toast points.
Roast Chicken deliasherman 2010
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