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Roe

Rōe, n.

noun

n. [Written also rock and rukh.] [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh.] A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. Brande.

Rōe, n.

noun

n. [See infra.] (Zoöl.) (a.) A roebuck. See ROEBUCK. (b.) The female of any species of deer.

Rōē, n.

noun

(rō), n. [O. H. Ger. rogan, rogin, N. H. Ger. rogen, Icel. rogn, Dan. rogn, rævn, Sw. rog.] 1. The seed or spawn of fishes. The roe of the male is called soft roe, or milt; that of the female, hard roe, or spawn. 2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.