roe

«roe» in Mova's school dictionary: the mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (roe; also a roe, roes for the deer)

meaning for a pupil

1) Roe is the mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food. tree →

2) A roe or roe deer is a small deer of Europe and Asia with a reddish coat; the male is called a roebuck. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, roe is a stage in the life cycle of fish (eggs). In food lessons, cod roe and salmon roe are eaten in many countries; caviar is the roe of the sturgeon. In nature lessons in the UK and Ireland, roe deer live in woods. Phrases: «cod roe», «salmon roe», «roe deer».

examples

• The salmon laid her roe in the gravel of the river. tree →
• Caviar is a very expensive kind of roe. tree →
• Grandad likes cod roe on toast. tree →
• We saw a roe deer at the edge of the wood. tree →
• The orange balls on the sushi were fish roe. tree →
• A roe deer is smaller than a red deer. tree →
• The Roe was petted and caressed, and ran about at will in the palace gardens. tree →

note

Fish roe is uncountable («some roe»). Sounds the same as «row» (a line, or to move a boat with oars) and «Roe» in names. Do not confuse with «doe», a female deer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «roe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.