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Noun: roe  row
  1. Eggs of female fish
    "Caviar is made from sturgeon roe"
     
  2. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
    "The chef carefully prepared the hard roe for the special caviar dish";
    - hard roe
     
  3. The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
    "The lobster roe was considered a delicacy"

Sounds like: rocc, roe, r

Derived forms: roes

Type of: egg, seafood, spawn

Part of: fish

Encyclopedia: Roe, Michael