Definitions
the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“And let his foes like flockes of feareful Roes, Purſude by hunters, flie his angry lookes, That I may ſee him iſſue Conquerour.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Seafood eggs”3 letters
02“Caviar”3 letters
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