/ rəʊ; NAmE roʊ/ noun
1.
[ U , C ] the mass of eggs inside a female fish ( hard roe ) or the sperm of a male fish ( soft roe ), used as food :
cod's roe
2.
= roe deer
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WORD ORIGIN
sense 1 late Middle English : related to Middle Low German , Middle Dutch roge .
sense 2 Old English rā(ha) , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ree and German Reh .