roe
- (uncountable, usually) Eggs of fish.
- (uncountable, usually) Sperm of certain fish.
- (uncountable, usually) Ovaries of certain crustaceans.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹəʊ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“(frog) spawn”). Cognate with Dutch roge (“roe”), German Low German Rögen (“roe”), German Rogen (“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn (“roe”), Swedish rom (“roe”), Icelandic hrogn (“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulai̇̃ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (krjak, “frog spawn”).
fish eggs
fish roe
fish spawn
chevreuil
capriolo
corça
corzo
cabirol
balık yumurtası
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