Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roe

4 senses of roe

Sense 1
roe, hard roe -- (fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture)
       => seafood -- (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)

Sense 2
roe -- (eggs of female fish)
       => egg -- (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)

Sense 3
roe -- (the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster)
       => spawn -- (the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs)

Sense 4
roe -- (the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish)
       => egg -- (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)