roe

UK /ˈɹəʊ/ US /ˈɹəʊ/
noun 9name 4

Definitions

noun

1

Eggs of fish.

It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness.

Today, some seafood experts say, the cheaper (though mushier) roe feeds 60 percent of the market.

2

Sperm of certain fish.

3

Ovaries of certain crustaceans.

noun

1

Ellipsis of roe deer.

And let his foes like flockes of feareful Roes, Purſude by hunters, flie his angry lookes, That I may ſee him iſſue Conquerour.

The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.

2

A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

noun

1

Initialism of return on equity, a measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings.

2

Initialism of rule(s) of engagement, a/the rule(s) governing when to fire or return fire.

3

Abbreviation of record of employment.

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