1. n.1 (also hard roe) the mass of eggs in a female fish's ovary.
2 (also soft roe) the milt of a male fish.
Phrases and idioms:
roe-stone oolite.
Derivatives:
roed adj. (also in comb.).
Etymology: ME row(e), rough, f. MLG, MDu. roge(n), OHG rogo, rogan, ON hrogn 2. n. (pl. same or roes) (also roe-deer) a small European and Asian deer, Capreolus capreolus.
Etymology: OE ra(ha)