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roe(2) (iou)



roe noun2. LME.
[Middle Low German, Middle Dutch roge = Old High German rogo: cf. Middle Low German rogen, Old Norse hrogn = Old High German rogen (German Rogen). Cf. ROWN.]
(The mass of eggs or spawn contained in) the ovaries of a female fish, esp. when ripe. Also hard roe.
soft roe the ripe testes of a male fish.
roed adjective having roe; full of spawn (chiefly as 2nd elem. of comb., as
hard-roed,
soft-roed): E17.