1.
[syn: roe, hard roe]
2. eggs of female fish;
3. the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster;
4. the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roe \Roe\, n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG.
rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain
origin; cf. Gr. ??? pebble, Skr. ?arkar[=a] gravel.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood,
especially in mahogany.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roe \Roe\, n. [OE. ro, AS. r[=a]h; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel.
r[=a], SW. r[*a].] (Zool.)
(a) A roebuck. See Roebuck.
(b) The female of any species of deer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roe
n 1: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
[syn: roe, hard roe]
2: eggs of female fish
3: the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the
lobster
4: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "roe":
Cape elk, Partlet, Virginia deer, albumen, anguille, antelope,
biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou,
caviar, cow, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eel, egg, egg white,
eggshell, eland, elk, ewe, ewe lamb, fallow deer, fawn, filly,
fish, fish eggs, gazelle, giraffe, glair, gnu, guinea hen, gyp,
hart, hartebeest, heifer, hen, hind, jenny, kaama, kipper,
kippered salmon, lioness, mare, moose, mule deer, musk deer, nanny,
nanny goat, okapi, ovule, peahen, poisson, red deer, red herring,
reindeer, roe deer, roebuck, seafood, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion,
slut, smoked herring, sow, spawn, springbok, stag, tigress,
vitellus, vixen, white, wildebeest, yellow, yolk
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Roe
(Heb. tsebi), properly the gazelle (Arab. ghazal), permitted for
food (Deut. 14:5; comp. Deut. 12:15, 22; 15:22; 1 Kings 4:23),
noted for its swiftness and beauty and grace of form (2 Sam.
2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Cant. 2:9; 7:3; 8:14).
The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great numbers in
Palestine. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still 'the roe
upon the mountains of Bether,' and I have seen a little troop of
gazelles feeding on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem
itself" (Tristram).
The Hebrew word ('ayyalah) in Prov. 5: 19 thus rendered (R.V.,
"doe"), is properly the "wild she-goat," the mountain goat, the
ibex. (See 1 Sam. 24:2; Ps. 104:18; Job 39:1.)
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Roe, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 124
Housing Units (2000): 56
Land area (2000): 0.194814 sq. miles (0.504567 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.194814 sq. miles (0.504567 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60380
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.630946 N, 91.385853 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72134
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Roe, AR
Roe